Dirtman
Former Middleweight Moss Fighting Champion
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- May 28, 2018
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- 41N 75W
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Engine Type
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
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- My credo
- I poop in the furnace.
I decided since I'm replacing my valve cover gasket to just suck it up and replace the leaking timing cover as well. I know all about the stupid harmonic balancer being press fit and removing it releases the crankshaft gear as well (which is why I've been ignoring the leak for 4 years).
Ive looked and found the camshaft timing tool aka a chunk of flat steel... and there is a tool for aligning TDC aka a bolt...
Ive never done this on the duratec before but worked on many other dohc engines doing water pumps and timing belts. All the previous engines I've worked on had cam lock tools so you could lock the cams in place before removing things so you didnt need to mess with the timing. I can find no such tool for the duratec. Do they not exist and I'm just stuck doing the cam timing no matter what?
If so what is the proper procedure for removing the crank pulley/balancer so the valves don't smack the piston since this is an interference engine?
Ive looked and found the camshaft timing tool aka a chunk of flat steel... and there is a tool for aligning TDC aka a bolt...
Ive never done this on the duratec before but worked on many other dohc engines doing water pumps and timing belts. All the previous engines I've worked on had cam lock tools so you could lock the cams in place before removing things so you didnt need to mess with the timing. I can find no such tool for the duratec. Do they not exist and I'm just stuck doing the cam timing no matter what?
If so what is the proper procedure for removing the crank pulley/balancer so the valves don't smack the piston since this is an interference engine?