i removed it buy placeing a braker bar on the nut and wedgeing it against the frame of the car then click the starter one or two times that should break it loose
That should be at the front of the engine by the crankshaft pulley / harmonic balancer
Use an impact wrench to remove center bolt and pulley should slide off
The variable reluctance sensor is the same as the crankshaft sensor on the 92 Ranger. It is on the front of the engine beside the crankshaft pulley.
Use a chain wrench around the pulley and a breaker bar on the bolt.
In middle of crankshaft pulley
The crankshaft pulley is the lowest pulley on the engine. Looking at the engine from the front which is looking at it from the passenger side fender the crank pulley is on the bottom of the engine and has a pulley with a pulley behind it with teeth on it.
Looking at the bottom side of the front of the engine at the crankshaft pulley, the CKP is at the 10 O'Clock position of the crankshaft pulley
The Crankshaft Position Sensor senses it's position from a toothed timing ring behind the Crankshaft pulley. The CKP is above and to the left of the crankshaft pulley.
Should be the pulley just above the crankshaft pulley
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The crankshaft damper is behind the crankshaft pulley.