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Hydraulic Lash Adjuster Replacement? #1362414 08/16/05 02:07 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 56 Ontario, Canada B B6T OP CEG\'er
OP B6T CEG\'er B Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 56 Ontario, Canada	Hey, There is a rather noisy ticking sound coming from the rear cylinder bank. I'm almost positive it is a hydraulic lash adjuster. How difficult will this be to replace with the engine in the car? I know that in order to get to the lash adjusters, removal of the camshafts is necessary. If this engine had a timing belt, I would be able to index the position of the gear to the belt, then remove the gear from the belt and pull out the individual camshaft... but that isn't the case with a timing chain... or is it? Will I be able to unbolt the timing gear from the end of the camshaft and then slide the camshaft out, or do I have to pull the whole side of the engine off and then remove the timing chain? Thanks guys/gals. 1990 Festiva - 13.3 @ 102mph with a 1.9 60' and 155whp. 1995 Contour GL 2.5L ATX 1998 Contour SE 2.5L ATX 1998 Contour SE 2.0L MTX

Re: Hydraulic Lash Adjuster Replacement? #1362415 08/17/05 03:32 AM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,506 San jose, Ca R Roz 1999 SVT-C Hard-core CEG'er
Roz 1999 SVT-C Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,506 San jose, Ca	Originally posted by B6T: Hey, There is a rather noisy ticking sound coming from the rear cylinder bank. I'm almost positive it is a hydraulic lash adjuster. How difficult will this be to replace with the engine in the car? I know that in order to get to the lash adjusters, removal of the camshafts is necessary. If this engine had a timing belt, I would be able to index the position of the gear to the belt, then remove the gear from the belt and pull out the individual camshaft... but that isn't the case with a timing chain... or is it? Will I be able to unbolt the timing gear from the end of the camshaft and then slide the camshaft out, or do I have to pull the whole side of the engine off and then remove the timing chain? Thanks guys/gals. If you have a V6, Its a timing chain.....and replacing the lash adjusters (though possible) in the car is extremly hard to do.....Just look at the room you have to work with, especialy on the rear bank....to do it in the car, expect ATLEAST a weekend if your replacing them all if your a newbie to these cars. Personaly,if theres no performance loss, i would just do a 3 liter swap when you got the money to do so....its a lot easier to take a motor apart outside the car, than inside the car. But im sure theres a few well versed people on here that may be able to help you to do it...I ahve never done anything but change the pulse wheel while the motor is in the car...and that was still a pain in the butt. Lupe 3.0 SVT hybrid...all the fixens...Track/Race ready very soon!!!!!! 20,000 + miles

Re: Hydraulic Lash Adjuster Replacement? #1362416 08/21/05 10:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 344 P procyon_dup1 CEG\'er
procyon_dup1 CEG\'er P Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 344	There is a Ford Special Service Tool which can be used to remove roller finger followers (RFF) without removing the camshaft. With the RFF removed, I'm pretty sure that you can change the lifter. I'll double check and get back with the tool number. The tool hooks around the tube of the camshaft and has a finger which pushes down the valve spring. This unloads the RFF for removal. I've also heard of people popping them in/out with a screw driver but you run the risk of scratching/damaging things.

Re: Hydraulic Lash Adjuster Replacement? #1362417 08/22/05 06:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 344 P procyon_dup1 CEG\'er
procyon_dup1 CEG\'er P Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 344	Special service tool (Valve Spring Compressor) part number is 303-473. It's made by SPX/OTC.

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