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Is there a revised timing belt cover for the 95 zetec engine that stops the cover knock.
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How many miles do you have on it?
I took my contour into the dealership and they put washers inbetween the cover and the engine to give it seperation, cheap but it worked.
But make sure the timing belt doesnt need replacing first.
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I believe most of mine was due to the age of the car. Mine started ticking at about 80,000. At roughly 85,000 I removed the cover, and at 95K it got a new belt. It is still coverless though, 100K. 
· Jon Miconi
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i did the "washer mod" to my cover....works and only you know it is there, unless you come on a worldwide board like myself and tell everyone you have them!
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96 gl: 18" adr reactions, SVT rear bumper & side-skirts, Magnaflow exhaust, CTA Intake, ACCEL coil, 9mm wires, Kenwood, Blaupunkt, Sony Xplod Mobile ES, OBX pedals w/dead pedal, neons, bnmotorsports gauges, autometer monster tach, and ZAINO!
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Exdelayed did you find any differences after you took off the cover? like power, whistling, vibrations or anything else?
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Originally posted by tricked96:
i did the "washer mod" to my cover....works and only you know it is there, unless you come on a worldwide board like myself and tell everyone you have them! Which cover piece are you talking about -- the top one?
96 GL Zetec ATX, white with pinstripe, nickname " Sam Smooth " mods so far: CTA intake with homemade heat shield, KVR drilled front rotors & carbon pads w/ 500° fluid planned mods: exhaust (want to keep it quiet), e-ram (awaiting installation), diablo chip involuntary mods: compression increased after head gasket failure
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Originally posted by Paul Kienitz:
Which cover piece are you talking about -- the top one? Yep? 2 bolts right on the top lip of the cover. 1. Take the bolts out and remove the cover. 2. Find suitable washers. 3. Insert washers between upper plastic cover and lower lip on lower plastic cover. All done. I did this on my wife?s Zetec and its all nice and quiet now.
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It seems to me that it could be very bad if it should happen that a small foreign object of any kind ? such as a piece of gravel kicked up from the road, or a leaf, or a stray washer that might get dropped during the ?washer mod? ? might fall into the timing belt area. Leaving the cover off seems like a bad idea to me.
{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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Originally posted by burgmanSVT:
2. Find suitable washers.
3. Insert washers between upper plastic cover and lower lip on lower plastic cover.
How many washers did you use? And what size? It's getting cold out, and I don't want to stand there trying a bunch of times to find the right combo...
96 Green Mystique
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No mods yet (wife's car but I drive it all the time)
"If you want something done right, do it yourself or use an SAE mechanic you can buy beer for."
Ricers are like the mosquito that buzzes in your ear but you can't kill. They just won't go away.
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When i got the timing belt changed, ford actually threw in at no extra charge! The revised cover.
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borla, eibach pro kit and dampers, dual guage pod (a/f and volt), jvc kd-sh99
96 Contour GL atx-zetec
Yes its a zetec, we were here before vtec, so we are not copying!
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