Practically Classics Forum

ive just had a quote of nearly €800 to fit a new timing belt on my transit & im thinking of doing it myself has anyone done it? do i need any special tools? any advice will be welcomed

Year and engine type and size would help mate, they've been making Transits a long time!....

ah yes it might help! im still in shock.. its a 96 2.5 diesel non turbo.

If nobody here has done it, Matt on the mmoc forum used to work on transits for his day job and seems to know everything there is to know about working on their engines.

I've not done one, but I did have one let go on my 6 month old Transit doing 70, it made a mess, but Ford had to pick up the bill!

Ay up!

You'll need the appropriate timing kit. Watch out, the crank locking pin is in the flywheel! I'd lock the cam and injection pump first because there's a series of holes drilled in the flywheel and the locking pin hole is between two of these!

If you remove the rad first, then you've plenty of room to work. While you're at it, you may as well change the coolant....