Help - 1.8 diesel in a fiesta/escort/mondeo people please...
28-02-2006 | 08:59 AM
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Help - 1.8 diesel in a fiesta/escort/mondeo people please...
where is the hole on the block that allows me to insert the locking pin to get the crank to TDC?
28-02-2006 | 11:56 AM
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cheers for all your help people
the fiesta now runs without your valid input
28-02-2006 | 12:07 PM
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Gracie it is a bitch to get at and you will need to move alternator out of way and it is above the bracket facing towards front of car.HTH
28-02-2006 | 12:09 PM
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already done my good man, alternator was still in place as there is a porthole above it to gain access
28-02-2006 | 12:11 PM
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Maybe mine was just a bitch then
Lol Is yours a turbo diesel may make a difference
28-02-2006 | 12:12 PM
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normally aspirated, doesn't make any difference apart from on mondys the alternator is on the other side of the engine
28-02-2006 | 12:13 PM
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28-02-2006 | 12:18 PM
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28-02-2006 | 12:25 PM
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
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Take it you've made yourself (or got one already) that locking key thingy?
28-02-2006 | 12:30 PM
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borrowed a locking set from a friend, timed it all up and fired iot up first time
not bad for a cambelt failure at 80mph
28-02-2006 | 02:58 PM
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it wasnt belt failure thou were it
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the fiesta now runs without your valid input 
28-02-2006 | 12:25 PM
