Wow, these 1.7 zetecs are a pain.
Bought a 1.7 Puma R as a project. She needed a cam belt change, so that was done, and we fitted a new belt tensioner which we were assured would work just fine and was just a newer style. Turns out we were b/s-ed and when we flicked the engine over to check she was all fixed we lost the clyliner number 1 outlet valves.
So now with the correct parts and some extras we are taking the head off but have come across a couple of small issues so far:
1. The bolts holding the exhaust heat sheild on are 12 years rusted and a couple are pre-rounded where a previous owner has attempted to remove them -_- so they will need some work to get off.
2. The second issue we have come across is that Ford have been a real pain with the inlet cam, where you need a T-55 TX drive to remove the seal, and then (we believe) an E-18 TX socket in order to loosen the pulley enough to remove the cam.
The main reason for posting is to ask anyone in the know what we should be looking out for at this point. Any tips on regaining the timing would be so very useful as we have not played with a twin cammed engine before and know that the puma 1.7 can be a pain.
Also, damage-wise we have noticed that the cylinder 1 exhaust valve tops (not sure what to call them, but they are silver cylinders which sit underneath the cams) are portruding more so than the other three cyliners.
Any help/tips would be much appreciated, and please, don't post if all you are going to do is moan that we didn't just take her to a Ford dealer to get sorted. We live on an island, which makes it an estimated £900 to get fixed, which we are not prepared to pay.
Thanks!
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Bought a 1.7 Puma R as a project. She needed a cam belt change, so that was done, and we fitted a new belt tensioner which we were assured would work just fine and was just a newer style. Turns out we were b/s-ed and when we flicked the engine over to check she was all fixed we lost the clyliner number 1 outlet valves.
So now with the correct parts and some extras we are taking the head off but have come across a couple of small issues so far:
1. The bolts holding the exhaust heat sheild on are 12 years rusted and a couple are pre-rounded where a previous owner has attempted to remove them -_- so they will need some work to get off.
2. The second issue we have come across is that Ford have been a real pain with the inlet cam, where you need a T-55 TX drive to remove the seal, and then (we believe) an E-18 TX socket in order to loosen the pulley enough to remove the cam.
The main reason for posting is to ask anyone in the know what we should be looking out for at this point. Any tips on regaining the timing would be so very useful as we have not played with a twin cammed engine before and know that the puma 1.7 can be a pain.
Also, damage-wise we have noticed that the cylinder 1 exhaust valve tops (not sure what to call them, but they are silver cylinders which sit underneath the cams) are portruding more so than the other three cyliners.
Any help/tips would be much appreciated, and please, don't post if all you are going to do is moan that we didn't just take her to a Ford dealer to get sorted. We live on an island, which makes it an estimated £900 to get fixed, which we are not prepared to pay.
Thanks!
L1