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I'm about ready to change my timing belt. I plan on putting a new water pump in. What else should I change while i'm in there. Tensioner?
95 contour (All the usual mods and then some.) Trying to sell four wheeler so i can buy turbo.
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jmburton wrote: I'm about ready to change my timing belt. I plan on putting a new water pump in. What else should I change while i'm in there. Tensioner? When I had the belt changed on my Mystique, they found that a couple of idler pulleys had bad bearings. Might want to check those. Also, it's not very much more to change the front crankshaft seal when you're in there, and that's a fairly inexpensive part.
{I do hate spam, but that isn't really part of my email address. Remove the string ?HatesSpam? from the email address ?BobHatesSpam@blaylock.to? to email me. No advertisements. Spammers will be dealt with very harshly!} ------- Moonlight Blue 1996 Mercury Mystique GS , Zetec engine, ATX. No mods. (Well, OK, one mod. Before I got rid of my previous car, a 1994 Tempo, I swapped radios. I liked the Tempo's radio better. That counts as a mod, doesn't it? I also kept one of my Tempo's wheels to use as a spare. I hate those stupid ?compact? spares that come with modern cars. Does this count as a mod? If so, I guess I have two mods. Replaced burned/melted blower switch and connector on 19 February 2002 with a 1P3T toggle switch from Marvac and a Molex connector from Rat Shack; I guess this now makes three mods.)
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When should timing belt be changed..specific mileage? I have a 1996 Contour which came with no owner's manual it has 57k miles on it now.
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I thought Contours had 2 timing chains???
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~~~~1999 Contour SE Sport~~~~
-KKM True Rev
-Custom cat back Flowmaster exhaust
-All Cat's fixed.
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99blacksesport wrote: I thought Contours had 2 timing chains???  Depends on what motor you've got. There are two possibilities. The six-cylinder ?Duratec? motor uses two timing chains, one for each bank of three cylinders. These ought to last the life of the motor. The four-cylinder ?Zetec? motor uses a single rubber timing belt, which ought to be replaced every 60,000 miles.
{I do hate spam, but that isn't really part of my email address. Remove the string ?HatesSpam? from the email address ?BobHatesSpam@blaylock.to? to email me. No advertisements. Spammers will be dealt with very harshly!} ------- Moonlight Blue 1996 Mercury Mystique GS , Zetec engine, ATX. No mods. (Well, OK, one mod. Before I got rid of my previous car, a 1994 Tempo, I swapped radios. I liked the Tempo's radio better. That counts as a mod, doesn't it? I also kept one of my Tempo's wheels to use as a spare. I hate those stupid ?compact? spares that come with modern cars. Does this count as a mod? If so, I guess I have two mods. Replaced burned/melted blower switch and connector on 19 February 2002 with a 1P3T toggle switch from Marvac and a Molex connector from Rat Shack; I guess this now makes three mods.)
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