Chuck Willis
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- Jun 23, 2013
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- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- ford
- Transmission
- Manual
I always wanted a ranger...careful what you wish for! I bought an '89 long bed 2wd with 5 speed manual transmission. Doesn't have spark and the previous owner just gave up on it after putting in a junkyard distributor and changing the coil. His mechanic gave up on it too, saying the brain box at the distributor was the wrong one and they couldn't get the correct part (huh?) I plan to follow the steps and figure it out. It cranks over, has power to the coil, but no spark at the plug, so I am thinking I should be testing the distributor and TFI module. Any advice?
Also, I suspect this is a different motor than an '89 2.9L. I think it is a 2.9L (If I believe the lettering on the aluminum air intake thingy (that's a technical term), but the valve cover and heads look like pics of pre '89 heads that have more wavy curves where the edge of the valve cover seats to the head. I have had trouble finding out how to identify the block and heads. Anybody out there that can tell me where to look?
Finally, thanks to all the folks out here at ranger station submitting advice and info; I've read alot of interesting stuff that has already got me going on forming a plan of attack on this thing. It ain't about money, just fun!
Also, I suspect this is a different motor than an '89 2.9L. I think it is a 2.9L (If I believe the lettering on the aluminum air intake thingy (that's a technical term), but the valve cover and heads look like pics of pre '89 heads that have more wavy curves where the edge of the valve cover seats to the head. I have had trouble finding out how to identify the block and heads. Anybody out there that can tell me where to look?
Finally, thanks to all the folks out here at ranger station submitting advice and info; I've read alot of interesting stuff that has already got me going on forming a plan of attack on this thing. It ain't about money, just fun!