1986 Ford Ranger Replacing the distributor and timing

1986 FORD RANGER
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LOANIAC
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1986 Ford Ranger 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 45000+ miles

Bought the vehicle with distributor removed because no spark. Tested and replaced control module and now have spark and need to re-install dist. and time. My question is how to time the dist. to the engine.
Steve
Apr 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM
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BLACKOP555
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put number one cylinder on top dead center... then put in distributor with the rotor pointing at the #1 spark plug.

from there you run vehicle till warm and then set the timing with a timing light.
Apr 7, 2009 at 7:14 PM
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