johnrhadfield
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- Joined
- Sep 14, 2010
- Messages
- 101
- Vehicle Year
- 2000
- Transmission
- Manual
Hello,
I am new to this Forum.
I at least blew my head gasket. I removed my thermostat and put in a new one. Immediately got radiator fluid in the pistons and it locked the engine.
I drained the radiator fluid from radiator.
I removed all 8 spark plugs and turned engine over to kick out radiator fluid out of the pistons.
Now, I am trying to remove the cylinder head on my 2000 2.5L 4 cyl Ford Ranger.
It's outdoors so I am thinking of using gasket maker to seal the engine holes once I remove parts.
I haven't thought of how to cover the fuel line once it is removed.
The first thing the Chilton manual says is to move the first piston to TDC, by the "TC" mark and pointer? I don't understand or see a TC mark. I found out from a Ford technician though that I could mark the camshaft sprocket belt and crankshaft sprocket and belt with whiteout. This would accomplish eesentially moving the 1st piston to TDC.
Do I have that right?
John
I am new to this Forum.
I at least blew my head gasket. I removed my thermostat and put in a new one. Immediately got radiator fluid in the pistons and it locked the engine.
I drained the radiator fluid from radiator.
I removed all 8 spark plugs and turned engine over to kick out radiator fluid out of the pistons.
Now, I am trying to remove the cylinder head on my 2000 2.5L 4 cyl Ford Ranger.
It's outdoors so I am thinking of using gasket maker to seal the engine holes once I remove parts.
I haven't thought of how to cover the fuel line once it is removed.
The first thing the Chilton manual says is to move the first piston to TDC, by the "TC" mark and pointer? I don't understand or see a TC mark. I found out from a Ford technician though that I could mark the camshaft sprocket belt and crankshaft sprocket and belt with whiteout. This would accomplish eesentially moving the 1st piston to TDC.
Do I have that right?
John