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anyone done this themselves? if so pleaselet me know how to get the tensioner pulley up. thank you. thats what im stuck on.


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Stick a 3/8 ratchet in the key hole located on the tenisioner. Its best if you have two people do it.


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thankyou so much. well, back to work.


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Xenon Blue Headlights
Interior Blue and Red lights
New Shift knob
Mirror Tinted Windows
Tweeters in all four corners of the ceiling
Kenwood Headunit (KDC-516S)
Cerwin-Vega three way 6x8's
2 MA Audio 12s (12DXi), a 2000 watt amp is on the way.
red brake caliber and drumb brakes
Mesh grills
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DUSTYN, do you mean on the actual pulley, or on thatbar that sticks out in front of it. thanks.


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Hyper White Fog Lights
Xenon Blue Headlights
Interior Blue and Red lights
New Shift knob
Mirror Tinted Windows
Tweeters in all four corners of the ceiling
Kenwood Headunit (KDC-516S)
Cerwin-Vega three way 6x8's
2 MA Audio 12s (12DXi), a 2000 watt amp is on the way.
red brake caliber and drumb brakes
Mesh grills
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no, On the tensioner arm there is a square hole its kinda tight but you can get a ratchet down there and from that you look at the stops on the tensioner and see which way you need to pull. You will need a bar on the ratchet to extened up because you have to put alot of elbow into it. I hold the tension off while someone threads the belt on. It s just a pain.


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ohhhhhhhhh wait you have a zetec! umm I don't know how those are setup. I was talking about a duratec sorry!


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I have the Zetec and I had mine off.Put a 13mm wrench on the bolt in the middle of the tensioner pulley It wont be an easy fit You will have to hold the wrench just right to get on there.Move the pulley away from the drive belt to release tensoin.Which would be to pull up on the pulley and slip the belt off.

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NO! DO *NOT* use a ratchet to release that tension!

I did the same thing and ended up screwing the tensioner up and having to replace it! Plus, you run the risk of rounding off that bolt (That's the other thing I did), not to mention that there's no good way to get a ratchet in there and still get enough leverage without a pipe...hence you will round off the bolt.

Your best bet is to get a tensioner wrench from Sears, it's only about $30-40 (A long metal piece that will either have bits you can put in, or will be fit to size of 13mm) and use that. I'd caution anyone using a ratchet when changing out the serpentine belt on a Zetec, unless you are going to change out the tensioner anyways.

Also, while you've got the belt off, spin the idler pulley (Top middle pulley, may be very shiny where the belt touches it) and see if there's any amount of grab to it. If it doesn't spin very freely, you may need to replace this too.

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Unless you have a couple bucks... You can buy a Tensioner Pulley tool.. It made mine alot easier...


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