Lynx 1.8 TDCI Complete Engine Rebuild - Bear Cap Bolt Issues

[rbarlow59877]

Hi Guys,

I am in the middle of a complete engine rebuild on my 2006 Lynx 1.8 TDCI engine (HCPA). It’s more of an engineering exercise that’s funded by my works so it just requires my time and not my money.

Anyway, so I have completely stripped the engine and done all the necessary dimension/tolerance checks and preparation for the rebuild including skimming the cylinder head, seated the valves, honed the bores, gapped piston rings, hot tank cleaned and vapour blasted the engine casings.

I have all new bearings throughout but I can’t seem to source the crankshaft and conrod cap bearings anywhere. I have spoken to my local Ford main dealer in Manchester and they have stated that they don’t sell them. In my experience these bolts are TTY and so stretch under torque angle setting. Making them unusable if removed. I have exhausted my search and even called ARP and Lymm Engineering but again they don’t stock either bolt. There are many engine rebuild kits available for this engine but none of them come with the bottom end TTY bolts.

The part numbers are:

-1078403 Connecting Rod Bolts
-6175374 Crankshaft Bear Cap Bolts

So my questions are….

1- Has anyone managed to source these bolts before?
2- Has anyone reused these bolts?

Thanks I’m advance.

Russ

[metalworker0]

rod bolts must belong to the transit 2.2 also ...as they come up in this search
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113990736523?

or your parts fellow was looking at the wrong engine

he has them down in the specifics as "reference"
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also

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125671209937?
has them as reference in the specifics also transit 2.2

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as manufacturers part in the specifics here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275642765697?

for CONNECTING ROD BEARING BOLTS FOR FORD TRANSIT MONDEO 2.0 2000-2007 PACK OF TWO
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the crankshaft bolt ..only one item and its in the sold items

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124077262632

maybe get a hold of the seller ask if they have more ..

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not finished ...all those cross reference numbers in the specifics for items above, will get you more results ...that may be a little less pricey

nice looking engine ..even the "ford blue" cover is genuine ford colour by the looks of it .


all the best.mark

[metalworker0]

more -- you can cross reference it if you want to be sure

https://www.buycarparts.co.uk/oen/xs4q6215ab

also happens to be a BMC bolt


Made by IPSA

still have not come up with the main bearing cap bolts ..they are under less stress as they are not being whipped around with changes of direction like conrod bolts.

all the best.mark