No crank after repair. Timing belt replace

Asked by Chris Jun 02, 2024 at 11:55 AM about the 1992 Ford Ranger Custom Standard Cab LB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

replace timing belt truck cranks and runs 20-30 seconds altinator squawls for a
couple seconds and truck dies, will not run even with a shot of ether no fire.

3 Answers

40,075

Any chance you're off by one tooth ? Did you turn the engine by hand a few revs. after the belt was on ? Even with gas it quits so I'd say spark or a sensor may have gone bad by pure coincidence when you had it apart , Cranking is turning over , starting is starting just so we're on the same page

After replacing belt, I cranked it and let it run a few seconds before finishing assembly, sounded good. After putting everything back together while looking for water leaks and such it just died. I'm thinking crank sensor old one looked kind of rough dirty covered in oil spayed cleaner on it to clean as best I could before setting in place. The squalling altinator is strange, even had time to spay with belt dressing before it died with no effect on noise.

40,075

A pulley may be out of alignment or the belt tension isn't correct or the alternator may have a bad bearing , You'll have to check for proper spark when the problem occurs , doesn't seem to be fuel related , Maybe some crap in the gas ?

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