BKLOCO
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 06:21 PM |
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Zetec cam shafts
I've had a bit of a disaster tonight
You know the saying "The man who never made a mistake never made anything" Well.... I made a spectacular mistake.
I now need a pair of standard 2.0L Zetec cams...
To save you asking...
I decided that a possible reason I couldn't tune my MegaSquirt fuel table could be that the valve timing was out... Sure enough it was...
I fitted the setting gauge to the slots in the back of the cams... slackened the cam pulleys... set the crank to TDC with a dial gauge... then
tightened everthing up... I then decided to turn the engine over a few times to settle the timing belt... Being a lazy git I didn't turn it by
hand I spun it on the starter... Yep... I forgot to remove the setting gauge...
This had the spectacular effect of snapping the flanges off both cams...Bugger...
Anyone help?
Anyone upgraded to "hot" cams and still got their old ones?
Beer tokens await.
And yes I am suitably embarrassed
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!! 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 06:27 PM |
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 ooops!
Theres a set on ebay if you dont have any luck on here mate:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Zetec-105ps-cams-fiesta-escort-focus-xr3i-xr2i_W0QQitemZ4626009234QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 06:37 PM |
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try bob or chrisw
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 06:40 PM |
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Thanks for the suggestion.
Chris doesn't seem to be around at the moment.
Bob??? Do I know him?
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!!
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 07:11 PM |
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He may mean Bob Donut .
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 07:12 PM |
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nope,bob is "bob" and donut is "donut"
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 07:30 PM |
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So who is Bob?
Is that his nickname?
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 07:39 PM |
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Would suggest you change the timing belt as well, it may be weakened .
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 08:01 PM |
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Oh yes...
donut's Andy though isn't he? bob's building a pile of zetec parts, I'm getting mixed up. Bob is the first bob in the member
list if you do a search for user.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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bob
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| posted on 3/4/06 at 10:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
He may mean Bob Donut .
Pete i can go off people you know
Anyway
I do have a pair of 2.0L mondeo cams from an early silvertop but they will be heading for my 1800 zetec when i build up some enthusiasm.
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 12:10 PM |
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This forum never ceases to amaze me!
Within 24 hrs of completely destroying my cams I was the very fortunate owner of a set of brand new 1.8L cams free of charge. (well the price of a
drink) I would like to publicly thank Keith (Schrodinger) for coming to my rescue.
The 1.8's will certainly help me out until I can lay my hands on a set of 2.0L ones.
There is a plus to this as well.... It gives me effectively a "practice" go at tuning my MegaSquirt.
First on the 1.8's Then on a set of 2.0's
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!!
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 12:54 PM |
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Can I just say you are welcome as they have been laying in the back of my garage since I removed them and it has at least shifted them from my garage
;-}
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Krismc
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 09:28 PM |
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ill be upgrading to kent cams, make me a decent off and ill whip tham out?!
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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