My neighbour has just aquired a 2.0 litre zetec mondeo with a snapped cam belt, he needs some parts to get his other mondeo through the mot (locost style)

Anyway, i have a standard 1.8 zetec to go in my kit but as i towed the car home for him, he has offered me free range to take any parts i would like. Im going to remove the 2.0 litre cams to fit in my 1.8 (presuming they are ok) but anything i need to know to remove them ?? or any tips would be helpful, im presuming its quite straight forward ?
Also - anything else i should remove that may come in useful with my build ??

Cheers Andy

Get the biggest sledge hammer you can find and beat three shades of blue out of the 2.0ltr engine until the camshaft falls out

A socket to undo the cam caps will help, and a cup of tea.

errrr, follow the haynes manual

Blacktop or Silvertop? cams arent interchangable, hydraulic lifters on the silvertop, shimmed clearences on the blacktop. So if its black get the shims too, the could be handy when setting up.

and if its silvertop I have a pdf manual for it u2u me your email if you want a copy.

[Edited on 22/5/09 by r1_pete]

Great, i have a socket set, plenty of Tea bags, and the suns out here.

Its a silvertop zetec, if anyone needs any parts from a mondeo, let me know and if i can pull it off quick, and my neighbour doesn't need it, job done.

P.S - I Dont have a haynes manual for a mondeo as i dont have a mondeo ??

Cheers Andy

On my Blacktop I needed torx sockets to get the caps off. Not sure if the silvertop is the same.

Stu

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Originally posted by whitestu
On my Blacktop I needed torx sockets to get the caps off. Not sure if the silvertop is the same.

Stu

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Originally posted by Andybarbet
My neighbour has just aquired a 2.0 litre zetec mondeo with a snapped cam belt, he needs some parts to get his other mondeo through the mot (locost style)

Sorry to be the bringer of doom, but if the belt's snapped, what chance the cams are still usable?, that said guess you won't know unless you take them out...

[Edited on 22/5/09 by gregs]

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Werner Van Loock - 22/5/09 at 02:21 PM

first of all it are Torx bolts.
According to haynes release the bearing cap bolts by half a turn each in the sequence:

sprocket 5(cap 0 or 5) 4(cap 1 or 6) 2(cap 2 or 7) 1(cap (3 or 8) 3(cap4 or 9)
(so i mean the 4th away from the sprocket first)

Same procedure for inlet and exhaust cam

Also remove the hydraulic tappets as they need to be matched, so also note where each one was as they will replace the tappets in your engine. Make sure they're well covered by oil when stored.

Installation sequence is different

Oil the tappet bores and tappets and install the tappets.

All mating surfaces of the caps need to be clear of oil and apply a thin film of loctite sealant to the mating surface and install the caps going from furthest away from sprocket towards the sprocket.

First screw all the caps down to the mating surface in the sequence

sprocket 5(cap 0 or 5) 4(cap 1 or 6) 3(cap 2 or 7) 2(cap (3 or 8) 1(cap4 or 9)

So right to left or vice versa depending the side your looking at.

Then torque them all down to 10Nm (7 lbf ft)
Then torque them all down to 19Nm (14 lbf ft)

Remove the excess sealant and then it's a standard cam timing belt jobby

If more detail needed, get the haines manual.
Can't scan it, maybe someone else can.

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bob - 22/5/09 at 04:45 PM

Hi

Have a look in my photo arcive in the section marked "zetec camshafts"

Illustrations lifted from a ford technical info manual
Easy to follow pics with torque settings and cap tightening procedure.

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austin man - 22/5/09 at 07:29 PM

you will also need to fabricate a plate to lock the cams in place for setting up the timming, we used a piece of angle iron filed down i think it was approximately 5mm thick

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Andybarbet - 22/5/09 at 10:50 PM

Ok, they are out of the car now, looking unblemished, shiny and sitting on my bench in the garage, thanks for all the replies, some very useful info there.
Only slight worry now is that i just removed them, starting at the right and working towards the left - before popping back to check for anymore replies, it now seems that i should have done it in the sequence mentioned here.
Am i likely to have damaged the cams ???
Regards Andy

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prawnabie - 22/5/09 at 10:53 PM

Cams will be fine, its the cover assembly that can get buggered.

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Andybarbet - 24/5/09 at 07:54 PM

Wow - result then, looks like it will be fine

Thanks for all the advice,

Regards Andy

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