Originally Posted by
martysmartie
So are you 100% sure that BEFORE you removed the belt that is how the crank pulley was, or is that how it is now you have reassembled?
Re the rotor, it should be at 2 o’clock.
As to your question, I am not going to tell you either way and it would be wrong of me to do so, as you can’t say over an Internet forum, bear in mind I have not even seen it.
What I am saying is you should always turn over a few times by hand before attempting to start, that way you will know if anything is wrong before starting it.
Martin
Hi Martin,
As we discussed, I come back to you concerning the timing of my escort.
I checked everything as we discussed and the rotor from the ignition was also at 14h when camshatfs in line to each other and auxiliary pulley in the middle of the moon. There was only one solution left and in fact, the crankshaft was not in line and a bit more than one tooth out, that means the crankshaft has been placed previously on the BTDC mark from the pulley instead of the left edge of the lug.
I put everything back as it should be, tested everything and car is running perfectly after 20 kilometers of test
I noticed there is half a tooth out depending how I turn the engine but it looks almost perfect
It looks like that the escort can run with one tooth out OR they did something with the engine inside I am not aware of, such as pistons or head gasket, etc...
Anyway, it works now and thanks a lot for your help
Cheers, Roland