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SERP Tensioner-HELP! #1550239 04/15/06 01:38 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 410 Winnipeg, Canada S SquareHead OP CEG\'er
OP SquareHead CEG\'er S Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 410 Winnipeg, Canada	Trying to get the tensioner off my Zetec. It is held on with two torx 40 bolts. I got the top one out. The bottom won't budge. The torx bolt is now rounded out as well. I'm really stuck here. Does it connect to the bottom of the Alternator bracket? Is that hard to get out? HELP? 95 Contour GL. Bought new. BAT Sway Bars/Pioneer CD/Koni Rear Struts/Mobil Fluids. Looking for 15" alloy rims-PM me. 180,500km's so far.

Re: SERP Tensioner-HELP! #1550240 04/15/06 07:06 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,117 West Palm Beach, FL - Going to... T TourDeForce Hard-core CEG'er
TourDeForce Hard-core CEG'er T Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,117 West Palm Beach, FL - Going to...	I just did that replacement this morning on my daughters Zetec. This one had two 10mm bolts holding it in. I had to loosten the idler pully to get at one of them & put a wrench on the tensioner pully to get at the other. Overall it was fairly easy with a 10mm gear wrench. As far as the torx bolt, you might have to get a bolt extractor from Home Depot to remove that thing & replace it with some fresh hardware. Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.

Re: SERP Tensioner-HELP! #1550241 04/15/06 08:46 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 410 Winnipeg, Canada S SquareHead OP CEG\'er
OP SquareHead CEG\'er S Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 410 Winnipeg, Canada	I ended up taking the alternator, alt bracket nad oil filter off. Drilled out the buggered torx and put in some fresh bolts. What a job. 95 Contour GL. Bought new. BAT Sway Bars/Pioneer CD/Koni Rear Struts/Mobil Fluids. Looking for 15" alloy rims-PM me. 180,500km's so far.

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