23-06-2020, 04:09 AM
Yes Colin, If my memory is correct the injector hold down bolts on one of the Transit variants is around that too, and the fastening is around 100 mm long, and a single fastener holds down a pair of injectors by means of a bridge piece, and they are single use...
Compare that to the crank pulley bolt on the little 3-cylinder Focus engines which require beefy special tooling to restrain the crankshaft while the bolt was tightened (using a similarly chunky torque multiplier) to spec.
Interesting to reflect on the tightening advice of yesteryear: 'nip up' , 'tighten using a normal length spanner','thoroughly tighten' or my personal favourite 'a special wrench .....with a leverage of no less than 3 ft., will be required for this operation'.
Compare that to the crank pulley bolt on the little 3-cylinder Focus engines which require beefy special tooling to restrain the crankshaft while the bolt was tightened (using a similarly chunky torque multiplier) to spec.
Interesting to reflect on the tightening advice of yesteryear: 'nip up' , 'tighten using a normal length spanner','thoroughly tighten' or my personal favourite 'a special wrench .....with a leverage of no less than 3 ft., will be required for this operation'.