3.0 miss and backfire

[itwonder]

my bet is on timing belt improperly re-installed...

Timing belt installed with lettering in the wrong direction or aligned to wrong stripe at the crankshaft.

 

[ctwrench]

I've been working 60 - 70 hours a week, we are remodeling our house after a bad connector on the washer caused a 500 gallon flood and I've got a wife and 3 kids. Time to work on the car hasn't been there. Anyway, I no longer trust the shop to do anything, therefore, I will be checking everything out myself. I typically do all my own work except mount and balance my tires and alignments. I'm printing out this entire list and will just start working through it and checking things off as I get to them. Obviously, pulling the belt is the last thing I want to do.
K-Dawg, who is this great SHO mechanic that you speak of and how can I find him if I need him?

 

[ctwrench]

Ok, so it finally died. I've got a couple guys coming over today to help me figure this thing out. Maybe now that it has stopped wiggling and will hold still, we can figure out what is going on.

I just noticed that you are in Houston. You have one of the best SHO mechanics around right there.

I got in touch with him and he has given me some ideas that we hadn't thought of, so hopefully I get it all fixed today!

 

[ctwrench]

The computer died! I actually found one from a '93 MTX at a local salvage yard and it started right up. Still have the miss and backfire. I pulled all the wires and plugs. I'm replacing all of them in the morning. We'll see how it goes from there.