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My tour has about 45,000 miles on it and i was wondering if its getting close to change my timing belt. Also what are some other major and minor things i should do to the tour? THANKS, PS I dont really want to take it to the dealer cuz i dont like having them bending me over a table and doing me up right thur..... 
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Originally posted by aznkid922:
My tour has about 45,000 miles on it and i was wondering if its getting close to change my timing belt. Also what are some other major and minor things i should do to the tour? THANKS,
PS I dont really want to take it to the dealer cuz i dont like having them bending me over a table and doing me up right thur.....
45,000.....wow, i just passed 130,000....i love how tese cars are great after 100,000 miles.
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mine snapped at about 102K... It snaped right before I was going to take it over to the shop to have it fixed...
98 Corolla LE 1.8L DOHC 1ZZFE
TEIN H.Tech Springs
Tokico HP series Struts
Short ram air intake
Tsudo Axel Back Exhaust
... if a jelly fish stung me.. would you pee on the wound?
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my old boss (mechanic) told me that around 70k was a good time...other may disagree and chime in
as for other maintance, look into changing the water pump around the time of the timing belt...if not sooner
kevin m
98 T-red mystique gs
zetec ATX
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Replaced mine at 103,000. It didn't break, just wanted to be safe. Should have done it between 70K to 90K. With only 45K don't worry about it!!
Bill
Col. Bill Evans CAF (ret)
98 Contour GL Zetec ATX (totally stock)
Color-Willow Mist
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I say no more then 80k. Gates recommends 60k. Timing belts have a bad habbit of breaking at the wrong time. like when your 80miles from home. If you do only intown driving then I would say drive it till it snaps. But (don't know for sure) some say this will harm the engine if the belt breaks while running and you get bent valves.
Mileage adds to wearout of the belt but also weather extream cold/heat and so on add to the factor of life of the belt.
JD
JD a.k.a Fingers
"Don't Panic"
'98 Contour GL 2.0L VCT ATX 88k
'98 Contour LX 2.5L MTX 120k
Street racing can kill
just less of a chance with a 2.0
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Ford Scheduled Maintenance Service Guide
Revised 05/00
#IW7J-19T200-AA
States;"Replace cam shaft belt every 200,00 kms/120,000 miles"
The AJAX has spoken!
2012 Lotus Evora
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95 Mystique MTX - GONE 395,000 Kms
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'97 Contour Mtx - stock - GONE
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Replaced mine 3 times already. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
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The newer belts (v-groove,felt) will last 120k+ miles.
If its the original, replace between 60k-75k miles.
Frank McCoy aka Mod-deth aka Mid Life Crisis aka SVT Doood aka mcgainer is a SCAM ARTIST
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I just changed the original belt in mine recently at 110k ..... good timing considering the belt was about to snap.
Talked to several local shops who work heavily on Fords and they recommend changing the belt on Contours every 70k to 90k to be safe.
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