Hi again, other than Ford is there another trusted company for things like cam belt, tensioners and water pump or is it best to stick with Ford for these items.
Thanks again

 

got a gates kit on mine, and had no issues, been on 2 years,

 

I seen the gates stuff on eBay and used gates on my erst, but nothing specific for a 2003 st170
Would be great if you could give a link

 

will see if I can find it, was over 2 years ago I had mine done

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GATES-TIMI...xS9aDGwzHpqfhg

 

Thanks for the link but couldn't find my ALDA engine code...cheers

 

have gates kit on mine and my cambelt is bright blue not that any sod can see it, I got my kit from the states

 

ok so a bit confused over the engine code I thought my duratec engine code was ALDA, but looking at the link above and other car parts I see the car listed under DAW, DBW.

Anyone shed any light on this
Thanks

 

dayco is another good brand but for the money I would buy this kit, dont forget while chging this I would do the water pump too if it needs it or not, alda is st170 but the belt also fits other engines too

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GENUIN...0AAOxyOMdS-NHX

 

Daw and dbw is the code for body style, a bit like bmw's e91 / e30 etc. Daw is the 5 door and dbw is the 3 door.

 

Thanks for your help on this everyone,
in the end went for these items

Gates cam kit £68.27 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2308441628...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Called the guy selling them to make sure, as it felt a bit of a mine field
out there for this kit

Drive belt £20.85 (4404004)
Rocker cover Gasket £28.50 (1222181)
Water pump £77 (1517732)
All from ford parts uk, (part numbers)

And a cam locking kit £24.94 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2510062479...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Skimped a bit on the cam kit and would have liked to go for the ford kit but...... Thanks again