Forum: Motor and Maintenance How-To

INTRODUCTION Whether you are fixing a problem, improving performance or simply doing regular maintenance, there is nothing like the pride one...

Being from England I dont know if you Guys in the States are allowed to do this trick due to emission laws but over here its fine. Undo and remove...

I built one of these a while ago but it was all solid mounted and getting old. Between the rev hang, rough idle, and vacuum leak sounds on my car I...

Here is the O2 sensor replacement written by GoldenTour. Download at your leisure!

If anybody needs basic info on starter replacement I did a video when I did mine yesterday and uploaded it to utube. http://youtu.be/RrAA_7f60Ls ...

Going to walk you through making new mounts for the rear subframe. This requires a welder and a little creativity. Ive owned 2 csvt's now not...

Ok all but one of the how tos are down and that one is missing some info and has no pics either. I was also led to believe that this would be a very...

I have an A/C install help guide with pictures that I made, which is posted on my website, I also put a new starter in this weekend with my dad, but...

When I bought my 99 SE the fella said "one thing I should tell you is it runs out of gas at 1/4 tank." As you may know this is a common problem with...

This is fairly easy to do and is alot cheaper than letting the dealership do it. What you need: Catch pan for the Anti-freeze 8mm...

I just recently a SVT tb on my SE and I ended up getting a code P1120, tps sensor voltage to low, it turns out that I had a SE tps and not a SVT one....

IMPORTANT The ZX2 Zetec is a non-interference engine. This means the valves are not capable of touching the pistons at any time. If your belt...

Don't know if this is already on the site, but It has a lot of useful info. Not Contour but mostly the same. ...

My wife's '99 Contour popped a radiator hose, and shows all the signs of a warped/cracked head. I came across a zetec engine that was such a good...

Just thought I would write this up real quick because it took me a long time to find the info I needed before tackling this job, even though it’s...

Gates now makes stretch fit belts and also a tool for installing them safely. This vid shows installation on an Escape....

This is extremly easy to do and very cheap *****THIS IS NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT POLE120 DOES AS I AM SURE HIS ARE ALOT CLEANER LOOKING AND...

Parts needed: Screw driver, long and short. Dremel or hack saw Pliers http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1205/5584733/22548091/374683879.jpg ...