Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by caltour:
Kremit, how would they re-set the timing w/o the cam sprocket tool? When they take out the old tensioner, the belt will go slack. Won't that throw off the timing?





Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Lock the cams with a piece of metal





Best to use the proper tool that is designed for the specific job.


Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
first and have crank pulley pointed at its correct notch.




Best to have the crank pointed and *locked* with the proper tool that was designed to be placed in the access hole that was designed into the Zetec block, allowing the proper tool to do its job.


Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
When you install the new tensioner correctly, there will be no slack between any gears/pulleys.





If you can't put the real tool back into the slot, once the belt is installed, then there's too much slack and the cams aren't properly aligned...that's why it provides instructions on how to *adjust* the timing belt by readjusting the cam pulleys.

Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
It may be best to listen to zetec owners when it comes to doing work to a zetec.




Best to listen to anybody that uses the proper tools and follows the proper procedures, using quality books by Helm, not Haynes, when it comes to working on a Zetec.