I DESTROYED MY BRAND NEW CYLINDER HEAD!! 🙁

With the Santa Pod drift day a matter of days away I really didn't have time for any more set backs, but after putting the engine back together in 'Maude' my moredoor Mk2 Escort, I had a MAJOR DISASTER with the new cylinder head!! 🙁
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[@callumdurham7777]

The belts come off purely because you didn't have the crank pulley on,you learn by your mistakes.

[@rustynut9uk897]

Stop jack on the diff.

[@BaldBloke]

Snapping valves really does your head in ! (gets coat)

[@marcushayesford]

haha!! 😀 Quality! 👍

[@paulgull3166]

Did anybody else have a panic attack when you first started the engine with the spanner on top of the battery💥💥😬

[@tobywalker813]

Had me gritting my teeth!

[@mpe6678]

Great video Marcus. Nevermind some of the negative comments.👎 I love the fact that some other people also recognises the fact that you hide nothing and that takes alot, as plenty of people would hide their mistakes and only show positivity. You keep going pal. In the future, somebody somewhere will use your video as a reference as they fix their engine. O yes, i do not think that head is scrap, it can be saved. Love your content. Top man 👍👍From S.A.

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for your positive words mate! 👍 The negative comments don’t bother me and I will always keep it real and show the ups and the downs. I’m living a life that I love and I’m just grateful that so many people tune in to watch my videos. 👍

[@johnrowell942]

Great video and glad you got the engine sorted. Look forward to seeing the drift day video next.

[@finlay230]

Really like the narrator style of you bids, as always love the channel

[@stephenmurray6522]

Going sideways in an old ford escort 😁 happy days, I miss it so much it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on .

[@mcjjordan]

That feeling in your stomach like you been kicked in the balls when you realise whats happened. 😢

[@marcushayesford]

Yeh I was gutted but only for a few seconds. Then I was focused on putting it right. 👍

[@charleswatson7281]

Epic action packed episode ...👍

[@darrenjones9504]

Top fella Chris Camber 👍 Good luck with the drift day Marcus 🙏🙏

[@JB-F10-M5]

Positive energy 🦾fantastic work ethic ⚙️ Nothings going to stop you bro 😎

[@superseven4734]

Happy new year

[@G4RY1159]

Some journey man, had visions of you doing the drift day in Roger the plastic drift Fiesta Thanks again dood and full respect to Chris for all his assistance, seems a top geezer.

[@g0fvt]

Way back with an old Ford I cut the mounts off the axle and made some longer saddles, so that they extended further back and forwards on the leaves. Had a great effect on stopping axle wind up and you can weld the new mounts with the diff clocked right for your riide height. Someone with a plasma cutter and a folder could make the mounts in minutes. Good to see you got the engine running again.

[@marcushayesford]

That sounds like a great idea mate! 👍 ‘Maude’ is going to Clumpfab in February so maybe he will be able to improve things on the axle. 👍

[@g0fvt]

@@marcushayesford for what it is worth you can also get longer welds going literally half way round the axle tube. Good luck with your project.

[@budycelyn]

haven't seen a non interference head since the old pinto engines, one way to know if its interference is the valve angle, if their perfectly vertical chances are they are non interference, any angle they will make contact.

[@marcushayesford]

I don’t know why I thought it was non interference. 🙁

[@Jasonhughes258]

that was a nightmare but it will take more than that to defeat you, happy drifting mate

[@ANDYblacks13]

I think the missing crank pulley let the belt 'walk off' and the belt came off imo,I did it years ago on a vw diesel it was too late before I spotted my error and bent 5 valves, and hats off to you btw for sticking with the cars when things happen most would throw the towel in for a few months

[@ozziejoes]

Well done Marcus, enjoy your drift day!

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks mate! 👍

[@martinsherred8302]

Lucky to have Chris on the job.Well Done sticking with it 👌

[@marcushayesford]

Defo lucky to have Chris @ Clumpfab in my corner. 👍

[@patrickmullan4021]

Great video Marcus

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks Paparazzi Pat! 👍

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Always look forward to your vids Marcus .

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for watching mate! 👍

[@scoobysean555]

Glad you got it sorted for the drift day 💪 And the noise has gone bet your glad that's solved cheers for the vid mate 👍

[@marcushayesford]

I’m so glad I persevered and got it sorted mate! 👍 Thanks for watching! 👍

[@nickwhitney1534]

Great content. Keep em coming.👍

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks Nick! 👍👍👍

[@astonrichardson4309]

Well done buddy, you got there in the end

[@markwilson2576]

Good to see you got it sorted in time for the drift day 👍 and very glad to see you finally got rid of the rubbers and wrong size saddles on the rear springs, they were stopping the axle being tightened down properly by the u-bolts which has caused the axle to twist bending the saddles on the axle and causing the nose of the diff to twist upwards.

[@jeffshaw4553]

Ohhhhh noooooo way what an absolute nitemare but between you and Chris you sorted it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽well done mate

[@clumpfab2740]

Proper roadkill style 😝. We can make you up some rear axel reinforcements for them saddles

[@zacharycofer5929]

The valve reliefs are deep enough to run a thin gasket and mill the head some an still have plenty of clearance

[@gtthompson5818]

I enjoy watching the slap dash approach you have on this car as much as I enjoy the spot on to the millimetre approach of Russell Lords Ford 👍🏻

[@shadowzion1384]

Yes maude lives on massive thanks to Chris what a top bloke can't wait for the drift day video

[@marcushayesford]

Drift video coming soon mate! 👍

[@LMCB10]

Agree the crank pulley probably caused this - belt walked off - good it’s sorted

[@CarlCostelloPlays]

Nice 👍🙂

[@marty3469]

What a week for you, geez, glad you got there 👍. I had a zetec bend all 16 valves due to the pulley not being torqued up right. Deffo interference. Ever since then I've dowell pinned the pulleys into the cam. Also if the cam belt doesn't tighten up due to skimming or thin gaskets (or both) , there's provision for a small idler pulley down near the crank, it's the same size as the silvertop zetec one, it allows more tension on the belt . Great vid, had my anx going a little lol

[@waynehammerton5698]

Absolutely brilliant once again Marcus and disasters seem to follow you 😆

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for watching Wayne! 👍

[@waynehammerton5698]

Absolutely no problem whatsoever Marcus

[@leeevery1325]

I’m glad to see you bedded the engine in 😂😂

[@guygreengrass3963]

So gutted for you , your face was a picture when saw wot had happened. 😮 Still in true Marcus fashion off it all came and start again. Still luv your channel and your antics👍👏

[@adysbrightsideoflife3266]

When I spoke to you Tuesday and you said you was having a mare, I didn't realise it was this bad. Sh!t the bed bruv! Great attitude and as we know...... well worth it 😁

[@marcushayesford]

Yeh it was touch and go BEFORE I ruined the 1st head! 😀 . . . But the main thing is we made it! 👍

[@Roadhogade]

Gutted about the first head mate, you done well getting it fixed though, could Chris make your tramp bars adjustable? Cut a section out and fit an adjuster threaded bit? That way you could get everything perfect

[@JWxUK]

Just need to go down the rose jointed route similar to tension or compression struts or chop up a couple of old 4 link bars. Motorsport tools etc might do them already.

[@hoggmotorsport]

Disaster mate 😭 lucky you had that spare head 👌👍

[@karlvanboxel561]

I like how your so positive I had wiring probs on a mini I had so I kicked the shite out of a front gaurd lol some peeps have the patience .... some don’t lol 😂😂😂😂

[@t238]

Unlucky dude - so sorry you went through that .. got the t-shirt me lol dropped a torx bit in to engine after forging it - whole zetec was scrap! Prob raised compression shouldnt matter as your are on carbs prob will run better

[@simong3938]

WOW... that spanner came within a fraction at 15:54 of shorting the battery out and frying your electrics... ;o... be careful Marcus.....

[@marcushayesford]

Looking back at the footage it looks like it did actually spark just before I turned the engine off!! 😀

[@simong3938]

@@marcushayesford well luckily it never went bang.. that would have topped your day... dont leave tools on the Battery... haha👍👍

[@idesignyou...9257]

@@marcushayesford Wow that was a close call!

[@davidsturch7057]

Lol Marcus I like you've chosen your mic to be same colour as your beard 😄 🤭

[@dantregale218]

Shake down looked thorough 👍🏻 only way to do it

[@marcushayesford]

Mexico style shakedown mate! 🇲🇽👍

[@dantregale218]

@@marcushayesford only way chap! Only way 🥇

[@iannorton4463]

Don't forget to always put the bottom pulley on mate. If I remember correctly you must do this because the cam belt gear on the end of the crank doesn't have a woodruff key. Even if it does have one, the cam belt will work its way off. Great to see you got it all sorted though and, I can't wait to see the drifting shenanigans 😀. ✌️👍

[@marcushayesford]

There is a woodruff key on the cam belt sprocket mate. Iv tested to get oil pressure loads of times in the past without the crank pulley fitted but I won’t be doing it in future. 👍

[@Gofast1234]

Fair play 👏👏, All your cars are like mechano sets 😂😂 forever off and on , swap this etc Dedication that lad 🤛👏👏

[@marcushayesford]

😀

[@danieldaniel43]

MARCUS, lesson learnt… DONT try and cut corners to save a couple of pounds because it always comes back and bite us in the ARSE

[@marcushayesford]

Defo lesson learnt mate! 🙁

[@bentandre5524]

never a dull day in your life...or a cheap day

[@ianwheat1577]

Would say crank pulley caused belt to come off

[@henrymarkey6940]

mint

[@alexanderwagner3334]

Why not extend the starter button wires so you can look at the front of the engine whilst cranking?

[@martinmckendry6244]

Important thing with axle is to have your pinion angle match output on gearbox to prevent propshaft issues

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 I defo need to look at that and maybe adjust the height of my gearbox. 👍

[@peteredge3577]

@Martin , who's running non original running gear and doesn't know this !? Worrying 😮

[@finnichglen]

yes you need the outer pulley on, the belt wanders off without it, I did the same but actually saw it coming off and luckily stopped cranking just before it fell off.

[@jm63]

100%

[@marcushayesford]

Iv tested for oil pressure soooo many times in the past without the crank pulley fitted. Won’t be doing it in future tho. 👍

[@PenguinMotors]

@@marcushayesford you have been lucky!!

[@bigbruce1517]

I admire your patience. I would have set fire to it before now.

[@marcushayesford]

‘Maude’ has also been very patient lately! 😀

[@728gimp]

It wasn’t the tensioner you always need to fit the bottom crank pulley before turning the key 👍🏻

[@uncensored5104]

You should fit some ARP head bolts as they are reusable.

[@TheTomasPedersen]

If the bracket on the axle is what ive think it is then theres should be a slight bend to the end 🤔

[@peterolley7159]

Marcus I'm glad you sorted it out ,btw what is your daytime job I have always wondered

[@marcushayesford]

I took voluntary redundancy from my day job earlier in the year mate. I worked for Royal Mail for 20 years. 👍

[@paultaylor9939]

Hey up Marcus all I did with my bonnet pins is just cut down some heater hose or suitable tubing and put it over the the actual pins thus having a cushion for them. Cheers and good luck and I thought I would tell you that you are not the first or last to leave your crank shaft pulley off when going to start up your engine,a pall of my did that and put a hole in the piston numpty of a friend of mine. 😮😮😮😮😮😢

[@robrs210]

Ah dear. Gutted for you. At least you had spares to fall back on

[@deopersad2915]

Man that sucks ☹ but you got it sorted for now, and sorting out the back another time, but yeah you should have the rubber bits in between the diff, for location of the diff, you will need to get the bit welder for strength, and the bars shortened, with my escort van the diff was crooked didn't know why until I swoped it, as it is a Mark 1 escort van, someone put a Mark 2 escort diff in it and the location whole is bigger than the Mark 1 so the diff was crooked all that time and I put mud flaps on the back but one wheel always rubbed where it bolted to, so I took them off then found out later why ☹ any way hope you make it to the event?

[@IanNeville]

Definitely should've had the crank pulley on to stop the belt walking off 😔

[@nobb1euk1]

When I was doing my apprenticeship we had a college lecturer who was always joking about Barry Bucknell on the BBC who had lots of mishaps 😂, ask your dad 😂.

[@DubSe7en]

Have been there mate. Exactly the same, snapped valves while cranking and wrote my coscast xe head off. It wasn’t a fresh build so can only guess it slipped the belt while cranking. Wounded.

[@marcushayesford]

These things happen mate! 👍 That’s why I’m quite happy sticking with £300 ST170 engines. 😀

[@DubSe7en]

@@marcushayesford I have an st170 as a spare, on bike carbs and a nodiz lol. I was originally gonna fit it in my mk1, but the current pinto is such a sweet unit I can’t bring myself to do it lol. The xe is in my moredoor mk2, and it is chassis mounted in so gonna be a ball ache to swap to another engine type. The xe is now rebuilt and hopefully will get it finished next year.

[@marcushayesford]

@@DubSe7en I would much prefer a Pinto mate but they are sooo expensive to get decent power from. Also if I make silly mistakes or it goes bang, I would have to pay out thousands to build another one. With Zetecs/ST170s even if the engine is completely ruined I can get another for cheap and swap all the conversion bits over. 👍

[@andy_v4443]

👍👍👍👍

[@ettoredomini4614]

Fireworks

[@marcushayesford]

🔥🧨🎆🎇

[@rustynut9uk897]

Fr1 idea turn it over with out the oil fitter.. bad luck mate

[@jamesclaridge9773]

Always use antifreeze mate because of its rust inhibitor properties but check first what type u use on fords ok

[@psycho3344]

The timing belt tensioner on the st engine is its downfall. I had x2 brand new tensioners fail at different times ruining most of the valves both times. You can get an uprated billet one which never fails but they are bit pricey for what they are. Stick with it pal I can smell that drift day its that close!!

[@nitrofar34]

Sinking feeling, if possible always try turning the engine over by hand to tension the belt and feel for any valve contact.

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 I ALWAYS turn it by hand first, because I like to recheck the timing after turning it by hand a few times before I actually torque up the cam pulleys. 👍

[@scousehousemaffia4289]

No words can say the pain I feel for you mate 🤬🤬

[@marcushayesford]

We got there in the end tho mate! 👍

[@nickmarshall9192]

If you put some grease in the bores and carefully turn the motor over Any debris will collect in the grease and you can wipe it away Also £15 will get you a string of 12v LED lights off of fleabay Well worth having in a lockup to give you a bit more work time Great work mate

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍

[@jamiewilkins2664]

School boy error,bottom crank pulley 🧐

[@rustynut9uk897]

Put the wheel on the deck

[@rustynut9uk897]

Hope you make... ..

[@marcushayesford]

🤞

[@nealthomas5943]

Hi Marcus firstly good luck with the drift day 👍 secondly got a question about the vvt solenoid as I was removing mine the top bit came away from the shaft I pulled the shaft out and have tapped it back on do you think this would still be ok or would you recommend getting a new one cheers 👍

[@marcushayesford]

I had the same thing happen to me with the VVT solenoid before mate. I just replaced it. Which ECU do you have??? You could try to refit the solenoid and check on your laptop if the VVT is working correctly. But do also check that the solenoid doesn’t leak oil. 👍

[@nealthomas5943]

@@marcushayesford cheers Marcus I haven’t bought throttle body’s or ecu yet, do Burton power do the valves thanks in advance 👍

[@lukeframpton3671]

Molegrips on the cam not good id say the timing was out

[@rustynut9uk897]

Twist the belt 90

[@SB-vb8ch]

I think the risk of using old microfibers to cover the block was the least of your issues! You must have the lower pulley on as thee is nothing else which keeps the belt on thd pullies...It isn't like a regular V belt or polyvee which by their design run in a track which locates them. Nothing to do with your reused tensioner.

[@marcushayesford]

Iv tested to get oil pressure loads of times in the past without the crank pulley fitted but I won’t be doing it in future. 👍

[@GPH2474]

Chris is cool, nice to see him in action.

[@marcushayesford]

He’s a proper cool bloke and super talented too. 👍

[@rustynut9uk897]

Nvre seen that

[@nobb1euk1]

No crankshaft pulley caused this 🙈

[@marcushayesford]

Iv tested to get oil pressure loads of times in the past without the crank pulley fitted but I won’t be doing it in future. 👍

[@Poz100]

Don’t under estimate the power of the starter motor

[@godzilla12325]

Who is the dude with the crazy eye emoji face? You know, the guy that shows up when you....sorry, HE is nailing it 🤣

[@rustynut9uk897]

So you broke the good part

[@mikeymike3240]

DOH 😮 Marcus,I’m ashamed of you for letting the engine oil get into a state like that…milky coffee, yucky 🤢 yah big dope lol 😝 I’m actually feeling sorry for you and Maude, pity about that crap 💩 happening, SH1T!!! Same thing happened to my cheap skate mate with his Renault Laguna years ago, he cheaped out with the tensioner and just fitted a new belt, it snapped while reversing out of the Garage and I was so freaking happy , i laughed for days and I couldn’t have stressed enough to him not to be so cheap. Niiiiiiiiiiice video Marcus 😂

[@vintagecassettetapescollec5258]

What engine is that ?

[@zacharycofer5929]

2.0l zetec Ford engine

[@theoriginalwallace]

NOOOOOOO

[@marcushayesford]

🙁

[@theoriginalwallace]

@@marcushayesford Thankfully all sorted now, dude! Did you make the drift day?

[@mcjjordan]

Think you owe chris a xmas card

[@marcushayesford]

With his work ethic he’ll probably be working on Christmas Day! 👍

[@MegaReddevil71]

It's odd the American zetecs seem to be non interference but UK engines are interference sad state of affairs with your engine 😢

[@robrs210]

Correct. The US has a law that requires engine to be non interference. If you look at American svt170’s (ST170) the pistons have a big wedge cut into them

[@retrorust3395]

Hey pal Jamie from retro rust hear , I work at ford dealership as a job , I can confirm ur issue is not the tentionor it’s because the crank pulley wasn’t on its caused the belt to work it’s way off , next time you have it in bits turn it over by hand with no pulley on and u will see it working it’s way off , Also correct the tentionor tentions the way of the arrow , also mate no worries about the head gasket u have on there at the moment now as you say it’s half a mm thick , that makes it 0.5 mm so the old gasket is 0.3 mm so the new gasket is actually thicker so ur all good :)

[@marcushayesford]

Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 The belt simply would not tension if I turned the pulley in the direction of the arrow tho. I turned it the opposite way multiple times before I was able to get enough tension. It worked tho and hasn’t failed since. 👍

[@callumthomas653]

Valve collet jumped out or incorrectly fitted nothing you did

[@marcushayesford]

🤔

[@markwilson2576]

That wouldn't cause the belt to come off!

[@andydawson2101]

Marcus five link the rear end and do away with the leaf springs, and fit a reliant scimiter Rear axle as they are an English axle and l.s.d and good for 250 bhp, also about the same width as well.i put a red top in a vauxhall shove it and used the reliant rear end plus it was the right width. Use calibra front discs with the centres machined out slightly and the cosworth rear calipers dead easy to do and relatively cheap plus dead strong.

[@bjornzorger3731]

I'm starting to wonder about where this channel is going .........

[@peteredge3577]

hopefully it carries on, it's hilarious 😅 But watching it keeps it going 😆

[@terry_h_n1893]

Hope it's not going know where love the content. Not like over KZbiners who hide the mistakes Marcus shows it how it is the ups and downs. Keep you the good work mate

[@glennroberts5855]

Definitely due to bottom pulley not on….Sorry buddy!

[@marcushayesford]

Iv tested for oil pressure so many times without fitting the crank pulley but I defo won’t do it in future. 👍

[@DoktorJeep]

This is horrible 😞

[@nickyboy.]

1st

[@marcushayesford]

👍

[@shropshireladoutdoors743]

Should be called one man keeps auto industry in work your a crap mechanic buts it's hilarious watching you do it

[@beltdrivetypea6534]

Oh 😞

[@marcushayesford]

🙁