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Ranger 2.3 motor timing belt change now backfires while cranking

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anyone here know about this?
 
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anyone?
 

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If a motor backfires after a timing belt change, it has to be out of time either in the cam or dist.

How did you re-time the motor?
 
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I talked to a ford garage mechanic and i was using the wrong camtiming mark so i redone it and triple checked alignment and it runs great now
 
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