I neeed help with my misfiring 88 ranger!!

[4xfanatic]

I just bought my ranger a couple weeks decided to replace the valve coved gasket. And some hoses cap rotor plugs. Cables. Just some basic tune ups when i put it all back together it ran like poop. Misfiring really rich tons of white exaust i went through my distributor checked all my vacume lines wires checked timing. And im stumpped. It the 2.3 i need help fast as i need it running good by friday thank you!

 

[Andy D]

Total Wild @$$ guess. There is a dead cylinder. Figure out which one is dead by pulling the wires off the plugs one at a time. You are looking for the one that doesnt stall the engine when its removed.

 

[4xfanatic]

What to do when i find that one?

 

[Slammin Sam]

I am assuming it was running OK prior to your work. Recheck everything you did. If you find a "dead" cylinder, pull the plug and check the gap. Maybe the plug was dropped during installation.

 

[4xfanatic]

Yes it ran perfect prior. After what iv'e been reading, i think i should return my cables and plugs and buy autolites i just bought some duralast parts and it seems like that what might be causing it as it did have autolites when it was running good before. But i think i should rule that out for sure.

 

[Big Jim M]

I'd be looking more at pilot error and leave the plane alone!
Big Jim

 

[enjr44]

A bit of advice from someone that has been there. If it wasn't broke when you started to fix it, you broke it!!! When you see road apples, think horse, not zebra.

So you have to go back to where you started and un-bust it.

What I am trying to say is, go back and do it all over. And, if you don't have a manual, you need to get one. It could be that you just didn't do something correctly. And, a hint for the future. Fix/do one thing at a time. If say you had just changed the plug wires and it went tits up, you would know what you messed up.

 

[4xfanatic]

Bought a chilten. Couldnt read the vac diagrams so looked up online. Sure enough i had 2 lines switched.

 

[enjr44]

Good job, good follow up!!!

 

[4xfanatic]

Good job, good follow up!!!

Really good to be back in the saddle. Good thing i didnt sell er outta frustration.