I have recently acquired some Kent cams for my Zetec, and they came with some new springs, however when looking at it to day, it appears that the
cylinder head needs to be removed to replace these springs, is this true or is there a better (i.e. not removing the cylinder head) way of doing
it?
Thanks Very Much
Philip Moreton
It probably is possible to replace the valve springs without removing the cyliinder head. You need to get hold of a tool to enable you to lever down the collar and remove the collets . Remove cams then use compressed in through an adaptor screwed into the spark plug hole to hold the valves shut, do cylinders no 1 and 4 with the pistons at T.D.C . then rotate crank to lift pistons 2 and 3 to T.D.C . Have not tried this on a zetec but have used this method on other 16 valve engines with no problem. Rusty
the old trick of rope in the plug hole then turn the engine till it compressed the rope and change the spring then. Did this at the roadside once
when the beetle broke down 150km from anywhere. The luck was that i had some in the toolbox.
If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen?
Sorry bout the thread highjack
quote:When you have a bug that was as old as myself and stick a young punk behind the wheel ....brought up on company three litre cortina pickups some things got to give............we used em cause the didnt get stolen from the beach as much as a golf gti. No self respecting car thief wanted to run around in a baja bug........ See upgraded feetle
Originally posted by rusty nuts
If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen?
