Zerk_Fitting
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- Apr 25, 2008
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- Age
- 62
- Vehicle Year
- 96 ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
Timing belt screw-up SOLVED
On my 96' 2.3 I changed the timing belt and it runs like crap obviously I got the timing wrong.
So I pulled the rad, put crank pointer at TC, pulled #1 plug ac side used rubber tipped air-blower into cyl and it holds pressure so I assume it is on compression stroke. I pulled both inspection plugs on timing cover and both cam and other
have their pointer marks aligned.
This is where I don't know if it is correct the cam sproket has a sheetmetal rim on the back side. I aligned the large indentation on this rim to the inner cover pointer, and same for the oil-pump idler sproket.
Was I supposed to align the lightly stamped diamond symbol on the cam sproket rim instead of the indentation?
On my 96' 2.3 I changed the timing belt and it runs like crap obviously I got the timing wrong.
So I pulled the rad, put crank pointer at TC, pulled #1 plug ac side used rubber tipped air-blower into cyl and it holds pressure so I assume it is on compression stroke. I pulled both inspection plugs on timing cover and both cam and other
have their pointer marks aligned.
This is where I don't know if it is correct the cam sproket has a sheetmetal rim on the back side. I aligned the large indentation on this rim to the inner cover pointer, and same for the oil-pump idler sproket.
Was I supposed to align the lightly stamped diamond symbol on the cam sproket rim instead of the indentation?
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