Minnesota Focus Owners Club

The car just got from the towing company and the only thing it needs is the #3 valve seat. So I am goin to clean it up, fix the head, and do all the recalls that were never done (springs, fuel pump and rear door latch kit) and put it at the bottom of my driveway with a $1700.00 or B.O sign in it and see what happens. If it sells I will use that cash to buy the 2.3 from Al and prep that for the 03 zx3.
-Miles

Hey Miles, looks like we tend to think alike . Say I have been meaning to ask you how do you like your Hankook evo's?

-Chalon

I like them very much, great traction wet or dry. But now I have these on for winter http://www.generaltire.com/tires/T13/AltiMAX-Arctic
-Miles

NcfParts wrote:I like them very much, great traction wet or dry. But now I have these on for winter http://www.generaltire.com/tires/T13/AltiMAX-Arctic
-Miles

Cool. Those Altimax Artics look sweet.

NcfParts wrote:The car just got from the towing company and the only thing it needs is the #3 valve seat. So I am goin to clean it up, fix the head, and do all the recalls that were never done (springs, fuel pump and rear door latch kit) and put it at the bottom of my driveway with a $1700.00 or B.O sign in it and see what happens. If it sells I will use that cash to buy the 2.3 from Al and prep that for the 03 zx3.
-Miles

Normally it's not that easy to fix. Most of the time the seat breaks apart and chew's the heck out of the head and piston, and parts can jam down the cylender breaking a ring and scratching the walls. It's also possible for the bit's to get spit out into the intake or exshaust manifold so it can wreck the other cylenders to.

I've heard about chunks of the valve seat getting blown out into the intake and sucked into the same or a different cylinder causing major issues as well.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:I've heard about chunks of the valve seat getting blown out into the intake and sucked into the same or a different cylinder causing major issues as well.

Yep. Parts will even sit and wait in the EGR tube for the new motor to be installed, so it can wreck that one too.

Well we will see on tuesday, as I will be pulling the head after work.
-Miles

If you end up needing a head, I've got one in my garage doing nothing.

I was planning on repairing this one, what do you want for it?
-Miles

How difficult is the 2.3 Duratec swap? Say, if you had a wrecked car with a 2.3 and wanted to swap the whole thing into a Zetec car?