Was completely stuck as the bolt wouldn’t move, so watched your video, tried it with a Mapp blow lamp and worked an absolute treat!! Thanks very much! You’ve saved my sanity!! 😂😂

10 yrs ago, i couldn't get a focus bolt out, snapped 2 sockets + my extension bar, phoned the lads at ford workshop, "just smash all the bottom plastic cover off, + slip the belt over the pulley", "once the top cover is back on, the customer will never know" "never had one back yet to complain" main dealers, gotta luv 'em....

@parkpondcarp

6 ай бұрын

Bet wthat will get contaminated real wuick with oil and debris your smart proper bodge job

Love this guys honesty when doing videos. No pissing about. Straight to the point.

Just finished doing a cam belt on my Ford Fiesta Zetec S mk5 (2002), struggled yesterday with the crank bolt, nothing would touch it, had the air compressor out set to max, nothing. Almost at the point of giving up, but found your video last night. 8am this morning dragged the comp back out and dad's 1993 black and decker heat gun, few mins of heat and the bolt came straight out with the airgun. Thank you so much for the video, this really helped me out. Also did the trick holding the coolant tank in the air, worked brilliantly. Have subbed :) My timing kit has a locking pin, you replace the timing pin and use it when tightening the new crank bolt so no need for the flywheel locking tool.

@alan4x

11 ай бұрын

lmao🤣its easy when you know how, thanks for the comment, made me laugh, have a good one

Another brilliant video Allen well done. You and Rain Man repairs are my favourite well done. Keep up the good work. Absolutely love it❤

Back to business mr Allan . I’m learning another 1 each time you post this informative mechanical video of yours because I’m trying to do my personal maintenance on my ford s max 2007 taci .. great video thanks a lot

An incredibly useful video Alan!! welcome home from your Holiday, you left us with a bit of a void. "Fantastic"

Nice having you back Alan although it must have been hard going back to work 😭 I tried my Dewalt impact gun on this bolt and it wouldn't twitch. Nice Pro Tip with a heat gun 👍 USPro tools are good but I think we need more powerful guns.. $$ Auch I figured out that tip with a bottle too 😁 does the trick with bleeding the air out the system 👍

Many thanks. And as far as i have seen the majority videos of changing belts on these 1.6 zetec engines. you are the only one who releases the camshaft sprockets. hats off to you sir!

Another good solid job. The hot air gun usage probably expands the stretch pin. I will remember this idea. Your timing and rechecking, points to a experienced mechanic.

I can't believe it worked 😂 thank you so much. The last time I did one of these I made a tool to hold the pulley, although the bolt came undone the pulley shattered as well. Thanks again.

@alan4x

2 ай бұрын

Fantastic, glad it worked😊

Thanks so much for this video, I was ready to pay a garage until I found this great video, it worked a treat.👍

Good to have you back on car videos Alan

Just watched EuroV. This was a nice tonic Alan. Thanks.

The cooling bottle is a clever trick. I'll remember it next time I do one of these... Thanks!

Going to miss all this good stuff if and when you go 😢

@kellytaylor3134

Жыл бұрын

Where's he going

You opened the expansion bottle cap to let the graverty in?? Thought it was there already and needed air to be let in 😆 😂 😆 😂

Great vid Alan that timing belt replacement is very similar to the 1.6 Renault magane which I’ve done a few of 👍👊

Quite a few "top tips" there Alan. Awesome informative vid as always. Cheers Alan.

Great hack Alan raising the reservoir bottle up.

Mighty job Alan, very well explained, Thank You💯👌👍🙏😎

to lock the crankshaft pulley bolt I use a set of stillsons through the pulley to hold it and a small piece of wood on the jaws so it doesn't damage the pulley saves loads of time an you can hold the flywheel pulley great vid

thanks for the video I am doing the timing belt on the 2013 ford fiesta timing belt, people talk about using the torque wrench for the crank bolt, I am just using the impact gun by full power, that mostly I do when I working on the timing belt.

Hi Alan,a very nice and informative video. Back to the spanners once againg.

Great video as usual just a question, don't you risk damaging the lip seal ?

Welcome back to Blighty Alan!

Great Video on doing this Alan and the pitfalls that come with it. I've carried out this procedure on my MK1 1.6 and getting the crankshaft bolt out is the "squeaky-bum-time" moment - fortunately I have a Milwaukee M18 cheat gun! This takes the bolt out without heat at all. Your method works well with lowered powered guns, that US Pro Gun has half the torque that a Snap-on/Milwaukee will produce. Changing the Cambelt on these Sigma & Zetec lumps is otherwise fairly straight forward, people complain about the lack of a key-way in the crank but the timing tools make the job just as easy! P.S. I've re-used the camshaft sprocket bolts with no issues, as long as they yield when torquing to 60NM it's all good :)

@twig3288

Жыл бұрын

If there’s no woodruff key isn’t the sprocket likely to slip? 😱

@usuallyfixingtinkering

Жыл бұрын

@@twig3288 not with a powerful gun no

Alan nice one,,))) you smashed it again 😊🇬🇧👊

Excellent video, some really good points 👍

I was worried delayed Balut poisoning had taken you. Glad to see you're still alive 🙂👍

@khennahsfarm2610

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Great tips Alan - many thanks!

Been watching a lot of your videos I like your no nonsense approach and straightforward information. I have a mk5 mondeo and the rear passenger side caliper has failed (rear discs and pads were done 2 months ago) is it possible to just change the disc and pad on the passenger side? As the driver side is only 2 months old, I hear about brake balancing ect, but SURELY there would not be any difference if it was left on and only changed passenger with new caliper?

Top Tip Alan ,,, do not put the cam lock tool in place before you have cracked the crank bolt loose ,,, there is a chance of snapping the cam lobes with the tool as you yeet on the crank bolt. hope u had a good holiday bud

@rafdannyboy

2 ай бұрын

I wish i would have seen this comment an hour ago...... I now have to replace the intake cam... FML

Perfect timing, job I’ve got to do on son car this week

Perfection,only thing you forgot to mention is the bottom cover gets slightly warped from the heat gun but doesn’t damage it,I’ve done hundreds over the years I can do them in my sleep lol ,nice one Fella,good to see you back home 👍😉💪

@usuallyfixingtinkering

Жыл бұрын

you always remove the bottom cover to stop this happening :)

@gtidan8467

Жыл бұрын

You haven't done one of these then. You can't remove bottom cover with pulley on!

@usuallyfixingtinkering

Жыл бұрын

@@gtidan8467my mistake i was thinking of a completely different car referring to the lower cover. But heat should not cause damage to the plastic unless you go ape with a heat gun.

@alancobbin

Жыл бұрын

@@gtidan8467 exactly 👍

Great to see you're back Alan. 👍👌👏👏😉😉 I'd hate to strip the thread with the windy gun wouldn't you? Those 3 cyl Fiesta engines require a torque multiplyer don't they? What a daft idea. 😂😅🤣

Hello Alan 😊 Nothing personal,but.. Its good practic to replace cams seals and crank seal on same time🥳 I like your all the videos 🤙👊🏼

@zoidberg444

Жыл бұрын

On the other hand if they're not leaking do you really want to disturb them?

@DjT0105

Жыл бұрын

@@zoidberg444 Yes I do

Great to see you back in your natural habitat even if you don’t agree at least no flies! I use gas torch to heat simple plumbers heat gun better I think? Renting an o7 car too old?

Top tip that with the coolant bottle. I like it a lot.

Hi Alan ,I really enjoyed our chat last week ,well that was a great video as usual,don't forget to txt me about that show if that's OK with you and Kevin hope to here from you ,keep the video's coming they are great

great video as usual alan!

Top video Alan! Better than Haynes Manual! I've done a 2010 Fiesta Mk7 by locking flywheel, then socket on breaker bar! However, my son took 2013 Fiesta to local garage for same job and they used the Snowpake "short cut" method - worked fine and must have been much quicker to do!

@thehutx

Жыл бұрын

whst is snowpake

@AlanCooney

Жыл бұрын

@@thehutx Snowpake is a small bottle of white quick dry paint (including mini brush) that office typists used to “paint over” typing errors on paper.

Great video great tips cheers Alan, Sandy

Good tip but you can hear the gun is starved of air, use high flow fittings and 1/2 hose and you will get a big power boost

Thank you for your video on changing the timing belt and water pump. Does the same apply for a ford fiesta zetec mk5 05 plate please ?

Great video. What is so difficult about removing the starter and putting a proper crankshaft locking tool in place? That's what I did, adds about an extra 30 mins. Then you know you can properly angle tighten the crank bolt and if it is difficult to remove, just use a long breaker bar with 3/4" drive socket and extension. Now my concerns would be that the heat would degrade the rubber in the harmonic balancer and damage the crank oil seal (not a problem if you are replacing these). Also how do you know what torque you have done the bolt up to with just a blip of the impact gun? You could of at least done the initial torque, marked the bolt head and then blipped it round the 90 degrees using the gun otherwise you are just guessing. Leaving the cam locking plate in while doing up the crank bolt is risky as the timing belt spocket gets dragged round as you tighten the crank bolt and puts stress on the belt and cam tool the way you done it. You should have left the cam pulleys freewheeling while doing up the crank bolt, then set timing again, then finally tighten the cam bolts. That way you don't put stress on anything. But yeah I'm sure you've done plenty your way and it works for you. Thanks for the video.

Get a lisele weighted socket, works wonders on pain in the butt bolts. Honda had this issue in the late 90's and the lisele socket fixed that issue mechanics had with them and not destroy the crank seal with heat.

Proper quality air gun with high flow connections and adequate air pressure will always do the job without the need of any heat etc

ask snap on for weighted sockets i use them on hondas which are usually mega tight .... there's a couple of vids on here somewhere that show them

Oh good, your back!

I've never used one but I have seen those big sockets with the big weight. Are they any good? Or you could weld a big round piece of metal with a hole in on a impact socket

what model heat gun was that Alan mate top tips as always!

Top info as always

Great video mate .

I was shouting 'heat' from the start of the video Alan, but I used a yellow can Mapp gas torch on mine hahahah

Get the milwaukee m18 high torque, it eats these bolts no problem.

@mattyb7736

Жыл бұрын

I agree, my milwaukee eats most air guns for breakfast

@OneUnited1999

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree… had mine for 8/9 years - it’s the car mechanics’ equivalent of fishing with dynamite - too easy!

A Torque Multiplier has always worked for me

When would you recommend changing the timing belt on a 1.5 Tdci al ?

Welcome home fela!!!!!

Hi just wondering what would be the best way to remove crank pulley bolt without any power tools, just a breaker. I have a manual so my thoughts were to put it in high gear and press the breaks down.

Great video!👍

Alan, ever had a crank bolt break? Imagine that's a whole world of pain!

Very good job

I have a 2015 Ford Fiesta with over 250,000 miles on it. It still has the original timing belt on it😮

It works, thanks 👍

Have you ever tried one of them induction heaters on the crank bolt?

Can the heat toast the pulley seal?

Good vidoe as always . How is work know you are home.

Would that coolant refilling trick work with a Mondeo 2L Duratec?

Sounds like you need a Milwaukee battery buzz gun mines 7 years old had no problems with it and not found a bolt it won’t undo.

@mrfishbulb7187

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. 😊

@johnp6636

Жыл бұрын

100% agree I have one and never had a problem with any crank bolts or hub nuts

@sirchambers691

Жыл бұрын

Yep there's nothing like a milwaukee

Can you do a how to. On changing the stretch belts please

Pumps are common to blow and they take timing belt with them. Should do a video of how you time it back up with new built. They are non.interference engines

Did a mk1 1.6 recently and it was the same crap, tight AF.

Thanks for the tips. I think we can all agree that Ford has again failed with the design, there are way too many difficult solutions where other brands have been smarter. Always when a Ford comes in, we have to reserve much more time for the work compared to many other.

Good video thanks 😊

@alan4x

11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Is there not a proper tool you can use that fits inside the slots on the crankshaft pulley when you are tightening it?

Büyüksün ustam ❤

Where is your garage. I need the wet belt doing on my van if you are interested. Its a 2012 limited connect. Thank you

i thought crankshaft bolt is that 4 nm and 90 degrees, -or was it so -is it ok then just run it with impact gun so how can b shure it went ok anddd that stretch like should

Will the air-gun will probably torq it😮 back up I went to Haynes manual it talks about talking at then angle tightening flywheel boots to stretch them but I don't think anyone does?

@usuallyfixingtinkering

Жыл бұрын

unless you want to lock the flywheel, there's no choice really

Hi Alan, I am about to buy a 4 post lift because I open a garage and this will be the only lift. I do not like the 2 posts because I heard some horror stories about vehicle coming off from it accidently. Is there any job I would be struggling to get done compared to 2 post lifts you can think of?

@pyromaniac354

Жыл бұрын

2 post are much better as there is more room to work around the car. Buy a decent quality 2 post but main thing is the concrete you are bolting it down to is thick and enough.

Just buy a weighted socket, lifesaver!

Take the crankshaft sensor out and then give it some with a bolt in the sensor hole with a 3 quarter bar to do crankshaft pulley up

hello mate, where are your garage based?

Alan, those two smaller tubes that go into the coolant bottle are the bleeder lines, one comes from the top of the thermostat, the other comes from the top of the radiator, the idea is that these lines will let any pocket of air to escape (automatic-ally) into the bottle. There should always be a tiny little bit of water flowing through those tubes (on the one coming from the radiator, only when the thermostat is open). There's inside each a small plastic piece to reduce their inside diameter even further to limit the flow to a minimum. One common issue (I've seen often here is Spain) is the the reducer gets clogged because people have added water instead of coolant and things start to corrode and the coolant turns brown (with rust) and ends up clogging the orifice and then auto-bleeding won't/can't happen any more.

You know there is a special tool you need to fix on the driveshaft bolts with build in torque converter especialy for the wetbelt driven ford engines?

Original cambelt? Wow, surprised it hasn’t snapped by now

@davyarthurs

Жыл бұрын

Known a few go ‘almost’ to second time around. I say almost, because they didn’t quite make it 😂. People are stupid sometimes

Isn t there no Fixpoint on the Pully or Crankshaft ?

@alan4x

3 ай бұрын

no, the crank pulley is free spinning on the crankshaft until the crank bolt holds it tight in place

The ones on the citroen xsara picasso 2.0 petrol are a pig too.

Welcome back to sunny England 😂

Those belts won't see 125k. Water pump will go by then and snap it

Use a power bar crankshaft bolt tool made for the job, quicker and easier. Google it or do a KZread search.

@mrfishbulb7187

Жыл бұрын

They're handy for inaccessible bolts where you can't get a gun on, but a decent impact gun would of took that bolt out.

Alan I bet your sad to be back ?

@khennahsfarm2610

Жыл бұрын

He cried ! 😅😅😅

Sweeeeet

US Pro windy gun has not got enough beans in it. Try something better Alan.

That bottom pulley bolts not tight 1.0 ecoboost is tight

@simonedwards5401

Жыл бұрын

agree bit of heat and a scaffolding bar no problem lol

What a crock, get a better gun, never had a problem worked for ford been doing these for years never used any heat!!!

Put a spanner on the nut and spin the engine over.. how I used to do it when I was young 😊

@sammytheseal2307

Жыл бұрын

These have floating pulleys so DO NOT do that!!

@andrewmartin17

Жыл бұрын

No . End up with bent valves.

@zoidberg444

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't do that on this one. Friction holds the lower timing sprocket. There is no keyway. I can recommend this method on Honda crank bolts...

Lift the Engine on the Oil Pan. Outch... Thats not a good Move.

@biinters3393

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with doing that providing common sense is used.

That impact is weak.