hi all i got a 1.8 zetec mondeo on a v reg the and the cam belt snapped we checkied it over and the pistons are fine but the valves in piston 1 are bent so i guess it needs a new head, its a mondeo on a v wich is a 99 so i would like to know would a zetec 1.8 escort or any other 1.8 zetec head fit ? the one in my mondeo is a black top zetec any help please would be great

if ya can help pm me or sumat i am bit stuck

 

Just needs a new valve, easy job cheaper than a new head as well, just get new valve and lap it in.
tabetha
01603 866999 is the number for MONDEOPART/focus part as well, very good chaps to help you.

 

I double that

 

so new valves be cheaper??
and also what about the valve guids wud they be ok? when i took the head off the inlet and exhaust valves was jammed open so i guess there well bent lol

 

also the bottom pully hasnt got a timing notch on it , it says it has a timing tool wich locks the bottom pully at tdc , well i got the timing pin that you need to lock the bottom pully but there is no hole in the pully or block to put it in ??? any one got any ideas ??

 

There is a hole in front side of block, behind a 10mm bolt near the bottom, undo this and GENTLY TURN the crank until it contacts the pin on the cranks web inside engine.
You approximate TDC with wheel then turn back say 1/8 turn counter clockwise then install pin then bring onto contact by turning clockwise, you will feel it when it goes not more..
tabetha

 

yeh iv just rebuilt a ztech and it not a locking pin, the crank just stops up against it like tabetha sead. and with the cams u need somthing long n thin to go across the slots on the back of the cams. i used a long screw driver.

 

ah i got the locking tool for the cams just got to work out how to put the cams to lock them in place so i can time it once the engine is locked at tdc ..

 

yeh the slots are off-set so you want the slots to b at the top to fit the tool

 

is there only one way they can go??

 

yep

 

thanks matey so once i got my crank at tdc ... and the cams locked i can put the timing belt on and it all back together and it willbe ok?

 

not quite so simple. i take it uv taken the cam pullys off, b4 u put the belt on u gotta do one up, put the belt on, pull the belt tight across the 2 pullys then do the other one up. n make sure you use thread-lock, u dont want em comin undone. but if u aint taken em off then ye should b ok

 

nah the cam pullies are still on the end of the cams so it shud be ok ?

 

oh and on the 1.8 zetec e engine there is a tensioner pully on the bottom near the bottom crank behind the black platic cover it seems my engine hasnt got one which cud of made the belt strip the teeth of it i think ..any clues?? its a 1999 zetec e the manual says its got a tensioner at the bottom neat the crank but when i took the black plastic bit behind the bottom pully of to get the belt out it seem the tensioner isnt there lol any ideas??

 

yeh. just gotta tension it up. if uv bort a cam belt kit then that shud b easy 2 just gotta bolt it on then pull the pin out once the belts on. put some marks on the cam pullys and bottom pully with some tipex or somthin then turn the engine over by hand n make sur they all line back up again

 

ah ok matey yes just bit strange that the book says the bottom crank where the belt goes round has a tensioner near it but it seems on mine it isnt there lol

 

the tensioners about half way up on the left if ur facing it

 

no tensioner as you look at the bottom of the engine behind the black plastic cover onthe right side right near the bottom

 

that tensioner there seems to be missing lol and that must be why the belt stripped its teeth

 

oh rite ok, must b a diffren moddle. but as long as all the locking tools r in should b ok.

 

not the rite diagram then, tensioner shud b the top left 1

 

no the tensioner is top left but that roller i arrowed isnt there on my engine and it says it shud be lol strange

 

well that wernt on the engine i did ither. it only looks like a guide pully

 

was it same as mine

 

is it same as yours ??

 

the pic aint the same as the 1 i did no

 

was it same engine ??

 

the 1 i did was a 1.6 16v ztech, n i had a look yesterday n it doesnt have the top right pully itha

 

alright guys well i cudnt find the timing pin hole so i cud lock the crank up , so i put the number one piston at tdc and fitted it all back up and it seems the timinig is out , so i guess it has to be times a few degress past tdc does any one know which way tho is it advance or retard past tdc?? any help wud be good its a 1.8 zetec (black top) ina V reg mondeo thanks

 

well i guess no one knows