How do you change timing belt in a 1990 Ford Laser kf 1.8?

Answer 1

Using wheel ramps, drive the car front wheels onto the ramp. engage the handbrake and put some thing in front and behind the back wheels to stop the car from rolling off the ramps.

OR using a car body Jack, raise up the front driver side of the car, put car body stands under the front area of the car where a suitable body reinforced metal crossmember can take the weight of the car and adjust the stands to give you enough room to work comfortably underneath the car.

Engage the handbrake and put some thing in front and behind the back wheels to stop the car from rolling.

Lower the car onto the car body stands and make sure that the car is not going to slide off the car body stands.

Loosen and remove the driver side front wheel nuts.

Take of the driver side front wheel to give yourself some more room to work in.

Undo the battery connections and remove from the terminals on the battery.

Take off the driver side front, underneath, splash guards.

From underneath, loosen the alternator mounting bolt.

From the top loosen the alternator tension bracket bolt that connects to the alternator housing.

Take off the belt.

Take off the plastic covers that house the timing belt.

Turn the engine using the top camshaft pulley to align the marks on the pulley with the marks on the engine casing just above the camshaft pulley.

From underneath, loosen the tension idler wheel and push it off the timing belt then tighten a little just to keep it from springing back.

Take off the large retaining washer on the crank shaft (held in by screws). Slip the belt off the camshaft pulley.

Make sure that the pulley does not move too much and is aligned with the marks.

Put on the new belt.

Loosen the tension idler wheel and let it push on the belt, tighten the idler bolt well.

Put the large retaining washer back on the crankshaft.

Check the cover gaskets are in good order, put the covers back on. Tighten the bolts evenly, just enough to hold the covers firmly in place (don't crush or warp the plastic covers).

Put the alternator belt back on then push the alternator housing to tension the belt a little.

Tighten the bolts.

(make sure there are no parts left over)

Put the front wheel back on.

Tighten the wheel nuts.

Raise the car body and remove the car body stands

Lower the car.

Put the battery terminal connections back on.

(negative terminal connects to the car body)

Remove the chocks from around the back wheels.