2000 escort engine removal

jng555 · 10-17-2009, 06:12 AM

i have a 2000 escort zx2 with a 2.0L zetec engine,the engine overheated and warped the head and done in the lower end of the engine also,so i found a 1999 zx2 with a zetec engine. does anyone have a video or some pointers on best way to swap the engine.

mechdb · 10-17-2009, 04:33 PM

Ah you're just in luck, I got an article for that:

Ford ZX2 automatic transmission engine removal - Mechanical Database

Is yours an automatic? There's a second article I have as well which you should refer to if the first one has anything missing:

Ford ZX2 manual transmission swap - Mechanical Database

Is the engine you're grabbing in a junkyard?

jng555 · 10-19-2009, 05:32 AM

i got the engine on craigs list, for $300. the guy works on cars. he said it was out of a wreaked 99 escort. and that it ran great. hope i got a good deal. guess ill no when i get it in the car.
looks like great instrutions on engine removal. but i thought you could take the engine out without removing the transmission? o buy the way its a automatic transmission. thanks for the reply.

mechdb · 10-19-2009, 11:01 PM

No problem. You can, if you remove the entire engine with the transmission. But if all you're doing is just changing the engine then I'd leave it in there it might be easier that way (depending on what tools you have).

jng555 · 10-20-2009, 04:48 AM

what do you mean ( depending on what tools i have? )

97Red150Ext · 10-21-2009, 01:05 PM

I've not done this for my escort - but I did have to swap a Nissan Sentra's engine. Front wheel drive,etc very similar. We tried for hours to get it out without taking the transmission. Couldn't do it. Was just way easier to take the whole thing tranny and all and then bolt the tranny to the new engine afterwards.