is there another way to time up a car ive got the head off so couldnt i just make sure the first piston was at the top or bottom where ever it needs to be cos ive been tryin to get the bottom pulley off 4 ages now and it wont budge tried everything i can think of. help please
oh its on a fiesta rs turbo
thanks rich

 

take out the starter motor and lock the flywheel with a screwdriver/prybar. then you'll be able to undo the bottom pulley bolt easier.

 

buy or borrow a decent impact gun, best tool you will ever buy

 

yea i done that with a screw driver and it wouldnt budge.
but can u time it up another way?

 

Drop a DTI on No 1 piston and there you go!

 

a dti?

 

One of these

http://www.toolspot.co.uk/product/dti-gauge-in-box

Probably a bit overkill to be honest, what is it you are actually doing seeing as you have the head off?

 

i changed the head gasket and the vavle stem oils seals, cant i do this with out one?

 

lock the crank with a screwdriver, put a spanner or a t-bar on the pulley bolt and hit it with a hammer, when you shock things they undo loads easier

 

yea but wont the screwdriver fall out?

 

buy a proper flywheel locking tool then, bolts in place of your starter motor

 

they expensive

 

get someone else to hold it, and a decent sized pry-bar is better than a screw driver, where theres a will theres a way haha, dont let it bear you, i cut a wishbone off a golf today with a 9 inch grinder because the captive nut spun, theres allways a way

 

haha i cant b cuttin things lol, k ill habve another go 2moz, but couldnt i just lower the first psiton down would that b it? save all this hassle

 

as long as the cam times up to tdc then
just turn engine till pistons 1+4 are right at the very top
what engine/car is it?

 

itas a fiesta rs turbo cvh engine

 

so if i move the pistons 1 and 4 up to the top then put the head back on and time the top up it should b spot on

 

you can put the pistons at TDC(ish) when the head is on by putting a screwdriver down the plug hole and feeling for when its at the top

 

which plug hole? plus the heads off atm so, but basically to get it perfect i need get that pulley off