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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Would've thought a '74 1.6 Capri would've had the Pinto motor in it? Can't recall whether the Pinto was an interference engine or not but I have known Cortina 1.6s survive cam belt breakages.

All I know is that it was a 1.6 OHC engine. It just slowed then stopped.

[VXL V6]

1.6 Pinto was non-interference from memory.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Cam belt snapped on my 2.0 Sierra, which I think would have been a Pinto ?
Lined up the pulleys, new belt on ,tensioned up by feel and off it went again as good as new.

[BazaJT]

Yep OHC would definitely have been the Pinto motor.Biggest fault on them as I remember was the oil feed pipe for the cam getting blocked and cams clattering merrily away,but they still kept going.

[ronnyd]

Yep OHC would definitely have been the Pinto motor.Biggest fault on them as I remember was the oil feed pipe for the cam getting blocked and cams clattering merrily away,but they still kept going.

Mine topped over 200k before it failed MOT on tin worm problems. A guy from Derby bought it when i put it on ebay  and the top bid was £37.50p. . He drove to Suffolk in his PT Cruiser (he was into retro cars), He then drove the Granny back and his wife drove the Cruiser home. He was going to put the Pinto lump into a project he was working on, but as the Granada drove so well, he decided to fix the boywork and use it as a runaround. Oh the joys of having a decent workshop, and the skill to do it.