I have replaced 5-6 timing belts during my lifetime and have ALWAYS been able to get all the pulley marks to line up perfectly until I attempted this task on my 1999 Ranger 2.5

When I opened it up; I noticed that all the marks on the crank; oil pump & camshaft DID NOT line up perfectly.
I should have taken a photo but I was not concerned at the time since I figured I would just "fix it" with the new belt.

After spending hours on this; the attached photos reflects the best that I could achieve.
The crank is perfectly aligned up; however both the oil pump & camshaft are off slightly but on the extreme ends of the marks as noted below:

Is this good enough or should I keep trying to achieve better results??


Crankshaft - Perfectly lined up
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Oil Pump; off slightly but on the edge of the diamond



Camshaft; Off slightly but on the edge of the triangle

 

Yes, thats fine

Rotate crank 2 times, with tensioner working, and check marks again, if they are as shown then all is well