timing

[kennyb11]

Hello everyone hope your well ,I'm a new member so please bear with me. I have a mk6 2002 jumbo transit rwd 2.4 di with 294,000 miles on the clock,she ran like a top till about a month ago then due to timing chain tensioner failing has been parked up with cracked camshaft carrier. I have sourced another head and carrier from a donor engine and fitted head ,new gasket .torque settings and angle tighten 90 degrees etc. my next move is to fit the camshafts and new chain and guides,have removed camshaft sensor and pinned flywheel 50 btdc ,will pin cam sprockets and fuel pump with 6mm drill bits ,line up gold links and hand turn engine twice by hand. I know when I fit the chain the tensioner guide should be fitted but should the fixed guides be fitted at that point or should they be fitted after ive pulled the pin on the new tensioner? any help would be appreciated.

[Fastfish]

Guides need to be in when you release tensioner as will be bloody tight to get in after

[kennyb11]

thanks for the reply fastfish ,that's what I thought but the Haynes manual says withdraw the tensioner locking pin this will then tension the timing chain. refit the three fixed timing chain guides and tighten the retaining bolts to the specified torque setting.