1974 FORD CAPRI key

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50 C hapter 1 Engine
51 T llp pcts -removat
Remove the 1 !.111m "' thell bores.
5 2 Crnnksh Prel/cntlho CJ,lIlkshilf l hom 'Ot:ll111(J. by lillllmUl!J the flywheel,' the (jl1nin.! 'S 0111 01 the C;1I, o' hy 10ckll1\1 Ihe transmIssion ,I the cnOllle IS 51,11 III the Cill . 2 Rclcilsc the p"lIny boll hy l,oUlU 1l '111\1 511.11111C. ;'Ind rapptl1\J the sp,lnnc. ShiH ply, thon remove Iho holl ;1I\d washer 3 Usc il S I).ockcl pllile. 10 (h"w the pulley olllhe Cfilnkshall. Do not ilUOl1lpl 10 lever II oH, bC(:.lIlSl; the engllle [,onl COV(II IS j,aulle ;111(1 Icvcrn'H ilU1l1l1S1 11 Ill;)y (11510'1. or even InC.11; II.
4 Wilhdraw Ih~ Wood'uH key hom the end of th(! CllInk5hah and pl,lC,(! " w'lh Ihe pulley. til(! holl alld its washer 5 The C'.1nk~h;)h p"lIey m;oy he ICliloved wilh Ihe eno,,,e III Ihe C:\I. hilt ,I 'S IIIsl tU!Ccss;o,y 10 ,emove Ihe ',ld'illO' :lI1d thc rh'vehelts
53 Flyw heel -remov[ll
P,even llhe flywhcel hum 101m",!) by FHlHllln\J Ihe lin!) !lcal ;ollain~1 ;In imp.ovised SIOI). 2 On nlodels willi nl;lnu:ol 1I;o"$""S5'01i. Icmove Ihe Clulch plessure 1)1;lle and disc :os described in Ch:op!Cr 5. 3 Rele.lse Ihe s,~ bolts secu.in!1 Ihe flywheel 10 Ihe CllInksh;oll .lnd lefl\OVC I,ve of Ihenl.
4 Whilc supporling Ihe tJywheel III pl;ll':e .• emove Ihc Sixlh hoi' ,'11d Iolt Ihe lIywheel otl c;o,elully. so 111:01 Ihe m;lllllg su.lilccs of flywheel [lild c.;onksh;oit ;o.e 1101 dllm,'ged
5 4 Sump -removal
W"h lhe '''1(1'''') oul fli the e,". CII~"'C Ihal Ihe sump has 1o('CIl d,amvd ;ond then lilln the engll1C ()VCI so tl1011 Ihe sump's U l)I)ClmOSI F" wOOr1CII bloc"s tn Slll)lmrl tim en!l'ne 'n Ih,s POSIIiOIl . 2 Remove 11m h()IIS seCUlln( J the oil Sump 10 Ihe CI.1nkColSe o1nd rClllOVO Ihe SUll1p_ 11 the sump IS stuck 10 the c r;ollkcasc . II should be reh;lIsctl hy 1"'SII1\1 olle SIde wllh 11 sClcw drover. 3 To !Cn,ovtl .Ile sump wllh Ihc CIIU"HJ Hl tloe eM. 11151 IcnlUVC Ihe
d'l)S llck :ond d'SCOIlII(!Ct Ihe hatlery 4 Remove Ihe luur holts ;ond lou. Ch,)S ;ond dCI.leh Ihe OIl splash
shIeld.
5 Pl;oce a Con'"lIlcr 01 at lellst 6lttre (106 JlIllI) cal,,-.elly heneath Ihe SUml). remove Ihe d,ain pl\l(l ;ond d,aln Iha sump. Reflilhe d.am plull and (11)hlen II 10 Ihe 10lqUO wrench seilIng gtven In the SIXlClflC;JIIons G Del:och the engme fubl)CI mounllngs, by lemovlng the" nuts an(1 w:oshe!s. 7 Romove the ciampinI) bolt hom the tal) ;oml bOIlOI11 endS 01 the Steellll!.) intellnediate sh(lil. rush Ihe lap end 0 1 Ihe shlilt upwollds unlll Ihe lowcr ell(1 Clin be dlsenga\led 8 PI 9 Remolle I he Inur boilS securing Ihe fronl anlj·roll har to the Slde·membei (lnd the l()ul boilS securing each engHle mounling blllckel to .lIe sidenlCmber. 10 Remove the 011 sump Imlts lind I I the sump hns sluck to the crilnkc;ose .• elellse the sump by press ing 'I sideways wilh a screwdriver.
55 FrOllt cover -removlll
If Ihe engHle IS In the CM. II wllllnSI he necessaly 10 dlsc()nneC lthe l!allefY. drll'" 11m coolll1\) sys tem ;ond lel110lle Iho radiillor. 2 loosen the alternalol mounllrlg bOilS. SWlrlg the aitemalor downwilids .0w:Olds the cyltnder block and lemove Ihe drive belt
3 Remove the bolt Irom the cenlro of Ihe cooling Ian .. nd pull (
Ian and clutch assembly. 4 Remove Ihc boil an d wilsher from Ihe centre of the cran pulley .. nd I hen use ., claw puller 10 drilw Ihe I)ulley ofllhe sha nOI anempllO lelle, Ihe pulley ott. t)Ccause Ihis may .esull in dllm. t he Irani covcr.
5 Rcmove the si~ bolts secuung Ihe sump 1 0 Ihe honl cover an, t he cleven bolts securing Ihe I ront cover 10 the Cylllldcl block . G lIlt Ihe cover ott ;ond remove Ihe g;oskel.
5 6 Tillling gears -relllov;ol
1 Remove the honl cover 10 e xpose Ihe IImlnu ueo1/S 2 Removc Ihe bolt and washer sccu"I1IJ Ihe fat!Je gear I,
cn,nsIl1'll t. IhCIi pull.he geill ol! and Icmovc tho Woodllll! key. 3 Dlllw the ileal hOI11 Ihe cr;onk!;h:oh am! remove Ihe Wood'utl
57 Carllshaft -r erllov;ol
The camsh:olt nwy be rCUlovfld wllh the cll!JlIle 1<1 Ihe car •• lollowlng p!Cpol.aloIY wo,k IS co1med out. 2 0,,,,,. Ihe cootong syStelll nnd .emove Ihe .ad,mOl 3 Dlsconneci the ballery. 1 Remove Iho sp.1lk pili!! IC.1ds 1,om Ihe spalk 11lugs. 5 D,s':Ol
eCI the le;ods I,ull' Ihe :l lt'!11\.110r. remove Ihc allelllalo·
l i S (hivebell. G Undo "nd rem ovC tho screws S()CIIIII1U Ihe .0dcl covers and It Ihe rocke. covels and Iheir ilaskcls 7 Sincken lhe nulS secullnu the rocker ~"ns unlollhe locke' arm, he swung aside . 8 Remove the pushrods. idenlllylllg each one as .. IS lemoved. so 1 Ciln be rell1l ed in Ihe same position 9 Remove the cylmde. heads, screws. These cannOt be removed wI,h an oldm;OlY screwdliver ,lily nllempt 1 0 do so WIll resull OIl Ihe sc,ews bemU d",na\.l<:d. I Impact SCfeW(!IIver is nOI ilva,lnl)lo. the SCIOWS m;o¥ he Icmoved w sui l:oblc key lInd the urace 01 a sockel scI 12 Remove t he c.1m5ho1ll IhllJS I !)lolW 011\(1 the space. hclund II 13 Pull the c;omsh;oll lo.ward to wllhdl,1W 'I. 100f 111\1 Cil!e 10 ~ee" Sh,'lllfl Ime. 50 Ih;ollhe edges ullhe cams do nOl rt,1mnge Ihe cam~ beilllllUs_
58 O il pump -r e m oval
Remove Ihe crill1kc:ose sump as ;olleady dcsc"hed 1 2 Remove Ihe boll aUJchmg the 011 scrcen 10 the Illalll 00111.119 (
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Fig. 1.11 Oil pump o n tho 3.0 f itre efluill(l (Se c 58)
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Chapter 3 Fuel and exhilust sys tems 81
1 8 Disco"nect the hllllmy 1 9 Relc,,~e tl", .. ,e5~II.e In t he system "s described in palaglaph 3 22 P lace some cluth hcnc,llh the luel flhel then disconnect the mlet ilnd outlet ", lions 2 1 Rcmollc tht) mOIlI1lIlI11 sc.cws ,1od withl1,,,w Lhe fuel f,ltc ,. Remove
the bl:lclwt II 'ltICIlS$:I'y 22 RchulI1U IS a .ellcls:l1 01 ,emoval. but m"ke sure tha t the 1,ltel is
pQs. t.onnd thll I:Olfe ct W,ly 10un(l. "n(1 Locate tile OUIICI plj'JC:I~ snown
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Fucl tlisfllbu{(}r 23 The f""t d'~L"I"'lor .~ IOr.i'to(1 on top 0 1 the "" flltl'!'. 24 DISCOnl"" .t thu !o:m",y 25 n,;L""~,,, thO! L''''',~II''~ III (hI'! system:ls d"sl:"lmd in piull u,a"h :I"" t compL"L"ly 11,111"11" tho I,,,, d 111111 ",Hon 26 DI~r."'UII". t tl,,, """,11'1'1111 f,,(:II'"C$ 1,<)ul til(! llis t,d,utOI 27 UIIS'~":W ,I", nll"l1 """m'"'n sc",ws alld hit Ihe IIISIIIIJlIIOI away 28 RHhll""1 ".,' ",v':I~,,1 "I rr""OvilIIJlJ IIISC a IIIiW coppe, w"~.h,,, r:ach ~,de of Iht: '1',"'1" IIIIIW'~ ",,(I dO not OVf!rI'UII1I:rllhe llIliol Imils 9 Hall" Ih" :.y·.1t:1I1 I""",u'li t: heckr.d by yo"r dllatCr: 30 I\dl"~t th" "II" "I~:I"t :II\l IIIHXIIlIfl as ,leScII",,1I III SectIons 73 ,IIld 26.
W"",,·/I/I/I.'ylll;/fOf 31 The w."'" "I' "'!I"I"tl1l 's loc ;llt,d on till! hunt of the ""!I"'" ""xtlO t he c(X,l"'H ~y~t"l11 nuth, t I:lhow 32 D,sco",,, • .: ! tl", lhlllCI" 33 Flcleasc Ihe prcssllfc In the sySlcm as desc"hed in parag'''I)h 3 34 Discount: GI Ihc lIacuum hose ilud wi"uy plllg (photo) 35 D'SCOI1"I:CI the fuel hiles (l)holO) 36 Unsc,ew the Iwo sockcl·he;lded uolts ;lnll wllhd';lw thll 'C!jUI;ltol . 37 Ref,(lln\1 IS ,1 ,cve.sa' o t ,emOIl"' . hut lise a new copp .. " wa~hcr eilch Si(lc 01 tim h,ll1l0 \llllons (phOIO) 00 nOl ove,l>ghtcil lh" I"'''on cenlre hol ts
Fuel S f"ff v:llvc 38 T hc luel stMI 1I:llve is located on thc ligl1l ·hand s,de of the lIir ch"mhel. 39 DIsconnect the bmlory . 40 Disconnect the elcctlic p lug and fuel supply pipc from th e lIalve (pholo) 41 Unscrew tho twO socke t·headed mount,ng bolts uSlllg an Allen
key .
42 Ref,,,,,,!) IS .1 'ellcrS:l1 of ,ernOllal. but u~e II ncw moullting flange !lasket Use" new copper w"shel all each SIde of the """10 union lind do nOI ovnlllllhien the Centrc holt.
A!lxih~1I"Y "i,. r/(!vicc 1\3 Thc i",x,h.n y "" rlcvice is 10C"II,1I On the IIU"t hal1d flOllI of thu lIir cha",!,,", 1\4 O lsc0I1"", .1 Ihe hallerI'. 1\5 D.scr"'''.,ct tl,(, eleCt,ic p l11\1 ;,ml IWO illf hoses IrOI11 the ""vice (phoIOS) 116 Unsc",w tl", two 'UO"nIl119 holts .11,,1 hit tl"l ;rss",,,t,ly i!Wlly. 1 7 Fl"f,It'''H .s ;1 HIIIC,s,,1 of 'elllolllli
Foel injocrurs 48 D, sclI"""'.t Ihe h;lll",y. 1\9 O, sr. 25.3 4 D,sconncct'no Ihe wII'no plug . 25.35 ... "nd fuel hncs from the W""'H'P !egulato! 25.37 Re new tho copper wilshcrs each side 01 the banjo union
25 .4 0 A DisconnectIng Iho tuel slart valve
wiring plug
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2 5 .4 06 ... and fuel supply pipe
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25.4 5A Au xilia,y air dcvice w ifin g plug.
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~ Chilpter 3 Fuel and exhaust systems
~5 4513 ,111<1 "'f hose s 2550A D",conneclinu the maUl "" supply t.unkul!! 1.011 the 1111~hue cont.ol 111111 25501l mid th'OI1I C houslIlU
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25 53A UnsCII)w the holts. 255311 ,,,"U)IIC the ~'" chal11bcr ~5 53C ;11111 'cmoY(: the Haskct
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25 5 4A UlIsc'ew the 11101l1lt;IIU bolts. 2554 U ,lIld remove the UIIL'CtOrs 2556 The "'Jecto, Q·rinU seal (a"owed)
56 Rcl,llll.g IS 11 reve rsal 01 rcmoval. hut mtlke SUiO Iha l til.., "l)OC Iors .IIC clea n and III new O'lIng seals (pholo). Also rencw the;IU chamber gtlskel.
26 I( H o mixture -adjustment
Noto: 11!e miJllllfe s"/liIl9 is preset during (!for/actiOIl of II", eM ,'nd shOll1ll 1101 "ofllwll~ require "djIISlment. If I!~'W r:QfIIl'O"Cllf.~ l)f 'he sys({)m ""VI! bccn flllCd. IlOwever. tile mix/IIII! (;,1/1 be mi,l/steil as lollows "Silly /II) cxlwlls/ y,l$ Slandard equlplllcnt) III iI(;COnlDncc with tIn: nH!llul;I(;WH"'s 111-SIIUCllons
3 Incroase the enyulC speed 10 3000 'pm and hold it the,e 10' 30 seconds to Sl Idle speed .
5 Break oft the lalllpl:q)lOol cap 110111 the mj~ture conlrol screw on lap 01 Ihe fuel uistllbulOi. 6 S tabilise the cxhausl Ua ses as dcscllhc·d ,n paragraph 3. 7 In sert 11 3 r1\I AUcn key onto Ihe heau 01 the mixture SCfew and tum the SCfew urlld the COlfeCI CO re -
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Chapte r 4 Ig nitio n sys te m
6,SA Unsc rew the clamp bolt, 680 ... and remove the (tistJlbu to. 68C Rotor nnn alignmen t ;]lter re movnl Irorn engine
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F ig . 4.3 IU "i\iol1 timinu ma,ks o n the 3,0 lit.e e:1Uine (Sec 6)
Allow ;//(lic<1leS din'cliu" 0' !(JIM;oll
7 Distributor (3.0 litre engine) -overhaul
W,th the diMJlhuto. removed from the entl,ne. 'emove the rotor arm and the cont.1CI breaker assembly . 2 Prose Ihe small Clfclll} I'om the v"cuum u,,,t p,vo l IXJSt. 3 flemove th e two sc,ews wh,ch sucure the hfllaker pl,lI!! to Ihe d,slJlbu tor body and hit the ,}I'rte orl.
" Slacken Ihe self'lappmg SCfew which SC<:UlCS the condense, and low tenSion leads 10 Ihe contact l .. eaker a ssembly and shde OUI Ihe lo.ked ca ble terminations, 5 Undo imd remove Ihe condenser rCI.1,nlfl!.l screw and remove the condense •. 6 Remove the c" chp. lIiJt washer and wavy wash er from the pivot post. Se parat e the two plates by h,ingmu the holding down se,ew Ihrough Ihe keyhole sial in Ihe lowe. 1)late , Ta ke care not 10 lose the e.Jrt h spring on the prvo t flOst. 7 Remove the two se,ews seeu"n\) Ihe vilCuum un,t to the d IS t"lHIIO' hotly .Jntl remove the vacuum uni t. S To d,snl.JllIle Ihe vacuum unll, remove the plug I.om the end 01 the
unit (md withdraw the spring. vacuum stOp and shims 9 Oelo,e disll1<1ntling th e centJllugal .Jtlvance mech.Jnism. note thM th e tw O spri ngs arc d.lle.ent and ma,k them so th.Jtlh ey .Jre ref'tled in th ei r OJlgHlall}lilces . Remove the sp. ings. pJlse all the circ lil)S securong the cenlJlluga i weights. nl.J.k the weight s 10 'dent'fy their o"ginal positions and then remove them ,
1 0 M3 lages w llh the s tol) m Ihl! ;]C hOn I)I"le II II" s IS not dono. II rs ~ s, llle to h.Jve th e ,oto, ,'Jln 180' from 'I S COf/,-ct pOSition. 11 Remove the lelt pad 1 10m t h e centre 01 the C.JIll. e~pand the circhp
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Fig . 4.4 Distrihutor lilting position on the 2.8litrc e ngine (Sec 6)
XX Re.1r "U;,.' of ellgmc yy V,1CI/(JIII flllil Mas Z = 0 '10 11/'
A Triggcr (lffll U Slillor l!fII!
whICh'S Ihen exposed Ilntl ,emove ,I L,lt all Ihe Ci"n and 1l(IV3ncc plJle ;Issemul y,
12 Do nOI .cmove t he d,stJluutor Sl)indle unless II 's necess.l'y to "1 a new ge.n. 0' S I)iJldle To remove Ihe uear . usc <1 IlUnch Ilnt! hJmmer t o dJlve outlhc lock P'" and Ihon pull tl)() !.Ic", frO'11 Ihe sprndle T"ke cn,e
1 0 rOIil'" ilny slums, 0' wllshe,s wh,ch fll.Jy be In led . W,t h the ueJ' lell'Ov\:(\. the sl)lIldle .Jsscmbly can be withd,awn hom the d ,s'Jlhu tor 13 Belore reassembhng. ca,elully clc.J1l the body 01 th e d,s lnbulOr and "II a s CO'llpo llent p"'ts. II th e sp,n(!ie has been .emoved. lulmenlC II w'lh e'lu",e oil h efor e ,ellssemhly. 14 Reassenlbly.s <1 SUa'ghtIOrw<1Jd ,eve'SilI 01 d,sman tling bUI t he,e Inc several pointS which shoold be noted.
15 Lut)JJc;]te th e ce Jltlil ugnl weights and otho. p3rtS ol the cenlrifugal
advnnce mechanism. the diSlrrbutor shah a nd Ihe pa'l 01 the spindle wh,eh c.l"'es Ihe cam assembly. using engine all. Do not orl excess,vely. 16 " Ih e dr'veshnlt hilS heen .emoved. firSt re fi t th e thru st wash ers below tho action plnte. bolore "'se,ting the S h .l h into thc disl. ih llto,
hody . FII the w3vy washer .Jnd IhrUSI washcr to the lowe! end 01 the shah and then relilthe ge.Jr. secuJlnU it with a new spring p in. II a now gear. or a ne w u"ves hnfL h,15 been fllt ed . a n\lW hole should be d"lIed .1t 90' 1 0 Ihe e~is'U1g hole 17 Alte • .Jssemhhng the centJll ug.J 1 weIgh ts .Jnd sprrngs. check that Ihl!Y movo hccly. w,thout I)inding, 18 8clOle assemblmg Ihe breaker pla tcs . make sure thill the three nylon bearing slUds a.e located "1 tht) h oles ,n the uPllC' uearinU plale and Ih3tthe e.Jrth,ng sprrng ,s foiled to the p,vOt post 19 On complet'on of assemlJly. adlust the conlnCl b'eake , gilp to the spc cified selling
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104 Chapter 6 Manual g earbox and autom ati c transmission )
PART 1, MANUAL GEARBOX
Gener"l description
The nl The reverse Ilear all the l.1ynenr has St,nluht·cut sp'" teeth which dllve Ihe 1 st/2"d synchrOlliser huh via the reverse Idler IJeM when I(~velse geiu IS (J1l\Jilge Ge;u$ "re ell!J 2 ROlltine Illainten,lIlce
At the "It,,"v "cc k Yf.'ilfbux oillevul
J.1ck up th,! C;lr amI SUPpO'{ on a xle s!;lIlds. m;lklll\j sure lh"lll 'S levI,1 Alt""l.ltlvely PO~III()n Ihe Cill over .111 "lsfH:r.IIUIl I"l 01 on lamps
) US"'~J ,I s\III, II,le SqLl,lIU key. un~r:",w IllI< hiler pili" f'O'l1 Ilw Idt h;1I1d ~I(h, of Ih(, oe"rI)Ox (pholo) Not" Ihm Oil Ihc lo"r-sp<:ed 11".101)0 the hll", ph,O IS 101: 4 Make UP" piece of bent w ire to Ihe d"llells'ons shown III r-'!I G] lhen IIlSCll II ,II1d ,eSl Ihe ho.ilOntal seetlO'l 011 Ihe tllIca(is of the pIli\! hole. Remove the wire and check Ih e all level On all lour-speed
\Jearhoxes . ,11l(1 f,ve·speed ge.1rhoxes m.1nufactlltud ,,(w, M"y 191;1S (!wlld code FIl) the 011 should be level with (]I a milx"num of 5 0 111111 (02 Ill) helow Ihe iJottOIll edne of the ph)~J hole. I: or ('ve-speed !1(;"'IJ()XI!~ m;lIlufactured liP t o Ap,,1 1984 (Iwlld co(ie EG) Ihe 011 "'list I,,, I"v'" W ill, 11,,; bOllom of Ihe plUH hoi" On I,ve· speed Ilca,hox cs "h"nda<:tu,,,,II,(,twe,)Il M"y 198<1 ,IIld 1\.11111 1985 (Iall sulf,x (,n(iIlHI II'
E) the o'("ltI~1 h" ""'w""" 1 0 0 ""d 150 """ (0 <1 alld 0 G 'n) 1,,;low 110" I)()UDl Il "d~I'! of Ihe I'lu~1 hoi,!
G WI",,,! "'";"s~.,,y top "I' l h " lev,,! with II", ~1'(!<:I(oed !jI;I(),., 0 1 001 (phulo)
" n,,(ot and "!Ih,,,n Ihn fill", plu!) Ihen lowe, Ihe "II to lloe ~)lolllHf
-;;e.1l'lJox -rmll()val ancl .efiuinu
If the IJ"ilrl,ox IS to he 'emov"d from Ih e Cill wllhcHJI romovlIIU Ihe ""II"l(J, Ih" !1'''"j,UX IS rumov,!d Irom heneallo lloe car Jnd il (,IIUe wound cle.11le. support It securely on hlocks 0' stands ,1nll chock the wheels 2 O'SCOIU10Ct the ha tlery
Fig. 6,1 four-spoed \Joarhox (Sec 1)
Fi\J. 6,2 Five-speed !Jcarhox (Sec 1)
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Fig. 6 .3 Wire dimensions for IlHlking a geilrhox oil level dipstick (Sec 2)
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live-speed 25 TopP lng'up the gearbox oil 3 ,4 A On the lIve -spee d UOilfhox remove the pack,n g
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