Whats the piston locations? - 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Minivan

There are three variations of the Taurus engine. All are 3.0L in size. Leave it to Ford to make things confusing. All have the same piston location, although one model has coil packs and the other has coil-on-plug. Here is a diagram showing the piston position and firing order.

Looking from the front the closest cylinder to you is number 1 then 3 behind it then 5 then 7 if a v8

Under the lower intake manifold.

remove wheels undo anchor bolts for calipers push out pads Ensure you note where anti rattle springs/plates are located use a suitable clamp press piston back into housing after opening bleed screw to allow fluid to escape to allow piston to move back. Fit new pads and replace calpiers anchor bolts. You will need to do both sides of the car or braking problems will occur. Pump brakes to move pistons out to touch the discs.

its in the block below the pistons, at the bottom of then engine..

Assuming you have your pistons facing forward correctly, the caps should have locating pins or an arrow you can face forward. A shop manual would be a big help here,probably. don-ohio

You need a special tool for rear pads. The pistons have to be turned in, there is either slots or holes in the piston for the tool to fit in, then just turn the piston clockwise and push a little at the same time.
Just turn them in far enough for the new pads to slide over the rotor.

On all cars, the bank 1 is where the first piston is...Your firing order on that car which is the first piston...Buy a chilton or a repair manual for your car and it will tell you which firing order your motor has....Its usually on the right hand side...Passenger side...Rule of thumb if you look at the spark plugs the one closest too you is usually the first piston....Bank 1 is located on the same side as the first piston...I hope this helps...

Hi, To screw the pistons back in to change the pads you need to apply pressure to the piston at
the same time.
There are location holes or slots in the piston to enable to do this.
There are special tools to do this job ( quite cheap to buy from motor spares places ).
Before i bought the tools myself i used longnosed pliers locating them in the piston then press
and turn ( It takes a fair bit of pressure ).
hope i have been able to help you.
John ( South Wales UK )

1 and 4 connect and 2 and 3 connect

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