Timing belt marks and replacement?

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The car recently ran rough the last few hundred yards from home. The next day we could not start the car at all, it would just crank and crank and crank. I pulled a plug wire and checked for spark; there was plenty of spark. Our mechanic says it sounds like the timing belt is broken, my question: Can this car produce spark with a broken timing belt?

You can actually see the edge of the belt on the cam pulley without removing the cover(which is actually a major operation.) I had one belt that was completely broken -- easy to see, and one that had the teeth stripped off behind the cover -- harder to see, but the cam pulley wasn't turning.

I have a 99 ford escort and it was running fine the other day and now its hard to start.I removed the timing cover because the car is spinning frelly and that happeneds when the timing belt is loose r etc. And the belt was a little loose I tighting it up and I had a mobile mechanic come out and look at it and he said the timing had jumped. And I wanna no what u think and how do u set it and its making a knocking noise he said its because of the timing is off

If you look at the sprockets that your belt rides on you'll see a notch or mark on the side edge. These should line up. That's how you get them in the right position when replacing the belt.

But. They may not line up with every turn, because of the position of the crankshaft and or the camshaft.

Hope that helps!

If the timing belt breaks, and you spin the engine after it repeatedly, will it hurt the valves and head gaskets? Do they have to be replaced? Or can you simply replace the timing belt?

Engine Mechanical problem
1999 Ford Escort

what is the timing marks for a 1999 ford escort

I cannot rotate my engine 360°. With the plugs out to set the timing marks it is hitting something right before top dead center. If you rotate counter-clockwise ever go back all the way except for the same spot it hit something. I do not know what it is

I have tried rotating the camshaft 1/4 turn for at least two revolutions of the camshaft with the crankshaft always hitting on both sides before the timing mark.

98 ford escort zx2 120,000 miles on it with a 2.0 dohc ztec I was driving home last night going about 50-55 miles an hour and I put my car in nuetral and my car stalled and I pulled over to the side of the road and the car wouldnt fire up. It cranked but it wouldnt actually fire itself up. Some people told me it could be a timing belt or a flywheel. Or it could even be my alarm or my computer failing because I jumped a car a week befor this? What you think it would be? I made a donation on this question once already and nothing got answered so hopefully it will this time?

I'm kinda new here as an internetmechanic. I need more info to diagnose.
1.) Fully charged and test battery?
2.) Did chk engine lite came on for a few times b4 car stall?
I need more info. But lets do this.I gotta go right now. In case I forgot u. Send me email or call me
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The battery is not dead becuase it doesnt have a problem cranking. None of the lights are dim. I gave about all the info there is to know I mean I was just driving along about 50-55 and the car died for no apperent reason. Except I didnt push the clutch in when I put it in nuetral but that wont make the car stall I dont think. When I turn the key its cranks like it wants to start but it dont fire up. I'm hoping its just a timeing belt?