02-07-2015, 09:38 AM
ok, I think I have found the hole after probing around with my finger ( as you do ).
On our 306 hdi there are some apertures as if a tin plate between the engine and gearbox is missing, ala old fords etc, but the lower tin plate ( semi circular one ) is there.
I will be removing this lower tin guard to find the flywheel timing hole.
After sometime looking for the hole in the engine ( its not by the solenoid as the Haynes manual suggests, it even shows a sketch suggesting the hole is in line with the crank, which is what I was assuming ), I think I have found it below the starter motor and cyl head oil return "elbow".
It feels like an 8mm ish hole and is at 90 degrees to the crank, meaning a "slot" in the flywheel to take the locking "rod".
No text or picture in the Haynes manual suggests this, so could someone confirm please.
On our 306 hdi there are some apertures as if a tin plate between the engine and gearbox is missing, ala old fords etc, but the lower tin plate ( semi circular one ) is there.
I will be removing this lower tin guard to find the flywheel timing hole.
After sometime looking for the hole in the engine ( its not by the solenoid as the Haynes manual suggests, it even shows a sketch suggesting the hole is in line with the crank, which is what I was assuming ), I think I have found it below the starter motor and cyl head oil return "elbow".
It feels like an 8mm ish hole and is at 90 degrees to the crank, meaning a "slot" in the flywheel to take the locking "rod".
No text or picture in the Haynes manual suggests this, so could someone confirm please.
