I hav a 85 ford ranger that i have taken the distributor out with out marking where the rotor was at or anything now i put the timing marks where they are supposed to be and it wont start What do i do

Asked by David Apr 27, 2016 at 01:28 PM about the 1985 Ford Ranger

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Rowefast answered 8 years ago

Need to bring #1 piston up on the compression stroke to TDC. Then you drop the distributor in place with the rotor pointing to #1 spark plug. Start it up by moving the distributor if need be to get it started, let it warm up and re-time it with a timing light.

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