fasteddie400 said:

I had some bad luck with my Bravo - a spark plug unscrewed itself.

Doesn't sound too bad does it?
But then the spark plug then started setting off petrol / air explosions all over the top of the engine and blew itself through the ignition coil, which then fell into the cylinder!

Anyway, now i've almost finished fixing it (without a manual cos i couldn't find one for the 2.0 20v) but i've lost the timing marks that i made. Doh!

I think i'll have to buy camshaft locking tools, but does anyone know if i need to buy a crankshaft tool to find TDC?
I'm thinking of doing it by eye....
Cheers,
Ed.

P.s. if anyone has some cam locking tools that they wouldn't mind lending / selling, I'd be very grateful! Already spent way too much on the car - i'm on my second gearbox and clutch...
I live in Warrington, but the car is at my folks house in worcester, so could collect from anywhere between the two.

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bulldog5046 said:

okay, in this image it shows the timing mark with the pully off, personally on mine i couldnt get it to line up with anythnig really so had to use the one on the plastic cover.

with the head off you should be able to do it by eye sufficently.

the main problem really is the cams, i did all of mine with out the locking tools and okay it was pretty easy.

what i did was to mark anything and everything that could move and ensure it was in place when it went back on.

the main problem i encountered was that the cams wouldnt balance in place very well because on was right on the point of flicking over and it did multiple times just trying to get the belt on and then more when i tried to tension it.

persistance it probably the key, i had my new head on and belt on and even started the car within the same day!

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