Timing on '96 Ranger 2.3

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Timing on '96 Ranger 2.3

December 09, 2005, 09:06:45 AM

So I thought I had a heck of a deal. Friend of mine has a '96 Ranger with 4 cyl/5spd. She was selling and I was interested so she let me test drive it for a week to see if I liked it. The thing runs...well ran great. It has a lot more power than my '88 Ranger and is in better shape so I decided to buy it. $1500:D seemed pretty cheap because its in pretty good shape. Well the other night the thing died and I found the timing belt had broke (these things happen I guess). I've put a timing belt on my '88 but this never had to get one back in time. It may be a little different due to it having coil packs instead of a distributor too. Anyway are the pulleys marked or anything to get it back in time? Anyone done one of these have any advice for me? I plan to work on it Saturday. Thanks in advance.

Timing on '96 Ranger 2.3

Reply #1 – December 09, 2005, 09:17:07 AM

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Anyway are the pulleys marked or anything to get it back in time?

Nope. You just have to keep removing and replacing everything, moving it a tooth at a time until it runs nice. :D

Or read up a bit:

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/0b/90/48/0900823d800b9048.jsp

Timing on '96 Ranger 2.3

Reply #2 – December 09, 2005, 09:26:46 AM

It's no different. Set the engine at TDC and reinstall the belt. Done.

I swapped to a DIS system on my turbo Ranger when I built it. The ECU controls the timing and it's fixed (At least on the DIS it was, the EDIS might be a little different).

If the engine is at TDC and the cam is in the right orientation , then that's all you need to do.

Timing on '96 Ranger 2.3

Reply #3 – December 09, 2005, 10:13:26 AM

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Nope. You just have to keep removing and replacing everything, moving it a tooth at a time until it runs nice.

Oh boy this sounds like fun.

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If the engine is at TDC and the cam is in the right orientation , then that's all you need to do.

Thats just the thing it broke while I the motor was running so I have no idea about the top end orientation. Gotcha on the TDC thing though. I guess I'll just have to tear into it and see what happens.

Timing on '96 Ranger 2.3

Reply #4 – December 09, 2005, 10:39:03 AM

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Oh boy this sounds like fun.

Thats just the thing it broke while I the motor was running so I have no idea about the top end orientation. Gotcha on the TDC thing though. I guess I'll just have to tear into it and see what happens.

Well, then what you do is run a straightedge or a piece of string between the center of the cam bolt and the center of the aux shaft bolt....line up the cam timing mark with that line....