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Has someone already taken out my spigot (picture included)

Jasongray5 - 9/7/09 at 10:02 AM

As above?
Cant see anything with any needle rollers in there. Only a solid little thingy at the very rear of the crank?

What do we think?

crank

Land Locked - 9/7/09 at 10:10 AM

No spigot bearing in there.

RoadkillUK - 9/7/09 at 10:19 AM

Has the engine been used in a RWD car before?

Jasongray5 - 9/7/09 at 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by RoadkillUK
Has the engine been used in a RWD car before?

Nope! it hasnt, came from a mondeo!
Ideal, means one less job to worry about.
However, i have given myself another, to get a better look, I popped off the crank seal thing. Can i get the bastard back in there....
Can someone confirm that i need to lower the sump a little to get the Fu*ker back in to its rightful place?

fatbaldbloke - 9/7/09 at 10:45 AM

There's some notes and photos on installing the crank seals on my website. The link is below, then go to the Westfield bottom end rebuild page.

adithorp - 9/7/09 at 10:46 AM

Should fit without dropping the sump but don't re-use the seal. Fit a new one.

philtvr - 9/7/09 at 10:46 AM

go to ford and buy a spigot (about Ł11) and it pushes in to hole in the end of the crank. Front wheel drive cars don't use them hence you have to fit one to use it in a 7. As for the seal no idea but i would buy a new one not just shove the old one back in.

Jasongray5 - 9/7/09 at 10:56 AM

anyone got anywhere go go buying one please?
Cheers for the advice thus far!!

Jasongray5 - 9/7/09 at 10:57 AM

Oh, and which way does the spigot go, needles front or back??

UncleFista - 9/7/09 at 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by Jasongray5
Oh, and which way does the spigot go, needles front or back??

One end of the bearing is very slightly more rounded, that end goes in first facing the engine

Just tap it in with a small hammer using a suitably sized socket as a drift, it's pretty obvious when it's all the way in.

Jasongray5 - 9/7/09 at 11:15 AM

does it go until it goes no more?

UncleFista - 9/7/09 at 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by Jasongray5
does it go until it goes no more?

Yes, and the clanging of the hammer changes tone to a more solid sound

Jasongray5 - 9/7/09 at 11:20 AM

Cheers Tony! Going to give it a bash in a moment!
Any advance on where to get the oil seal from anyone?

coozer - 9/7/09 at 11:26 AM

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Front wheel drive cars don't use them hence you have to fit one
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Hmm, of no use to you what so ever but when I dragged my zetec out of a rather banana shaped Focus and took the box off I was surprised/pleased to see a spigot bearing already in there

David Jenkins - 9/7/09 at 11:38 AM
My x-flow came from an automatic car - it didn't have a spigot bearing, but did have a steel cup press-fitted over the end of the crank.

blakep82 - 9/7/09 at 11:43 AM
why don't FWD cars have a spigot bearing?

adithorp - 9/7/09 at 12:02 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jasongray5
Cheers Tony! Going to give it a bash in a moment!
Any advance on where to get the oil seal from anyone?

Don't bash it too hard. I've seen it done that the outer casing folds over a bit and binds on the needles.

adrian

ps. thats not the spigot that missing, it's the spigot bearing. The spigot shaft is the shaft coming out of the gearbox with splines to engage the clutch plate...just so we're all talking about the same thing.

fatbaldbloke - 9/7/09 at 01:07 PM
You can get them mail order from Burton Power as well.