Invested in a Haynes Manual today, mainly as I wanted to understand the electrics side of the engine a bit more (I am more of a carb and points man, myself) before I started ripping apart too much and mucked something up.
Looking throught the various elements of the ECU, the main areas where there are going to be challenges are the vehicle speed sensor (heard if not fitted engine will shut down on overrun) and the exhaust gas recirculation system (EGR) which is a load of emmissions stuff which recycles bits round the engine and back to the fuel tank and inlet. Bulky and power sapping.
The good news came when I looked under the bonnet and noticed all the stuff for the EGR was missing....looks like it isn't fitted to this engine (later black top Zetec-E). The Haynes manual is a little annoying as it is all about the silver top engine which was fitted up to April 1998....seems to assume this one is the same which was in this shape Mondeo up to September 2000. On first inspection noticed things like the power steering reservoir is in a different postion (as should be in the way of the ECU). My car is a late 2000 so assuming there is nothing nasty in place of the EGR stuff I may have struck gold.
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