Hey Everyone,I have a 1998 Contour gl,Zetech,64,500 miles,ATX.Im new hear,So bear with me,My timming belt went out also,it broke.I had a garage do the work,they installed the belt,And the car seemed to be starving for fuel,like it was,ent getting enough,low on power,Then 500 miles later i noticed what looked like belt shaving,s comming out of the top belt cover,so i took it off an sure enough the timming belt was chewed all up an ready to break again,Took the car back,he said a pully was bad.He would not take any responsability about the matter,$350.00 burned up,So the fool i am, i let him tear into it again an,He said there were a couple pully,s bad,An one thing i even told him before he did the job was that it required a new adjusting tensioner pin installed along with a new tensioner
spring from Ford.He said that was,ent needed,So he preseaded to install the second belt,an i told him to install the replacement timming belt pully kit,Everything in one kit from Ford.He said he installed everything an said the car was done,an the bill was $500.00,I drove the car home seemed to be low on power again.I put 100 miles on the car an it,s doing the same thing again,For some reason the car is chewing up timming belts left an right,an another thing is for sure this mechanic does,ent no how to work on this motor,an i,ve waisted $850.00 now.And the guy is not installing the tensioner spring retaining pin,or the new adjustment spring,say,s it,s not needed.First of all,Does anybody no if im intiteld to any compinsation on this matter,$850.00 is alot of money to install a timming belt,an it,s still in the same shape it was the first time i let him work on it,is there a law that would be in my favor,Secondly he is not installing it right to start with,Because your supposed to change the tensioner retaining pin an the tensioner adjustment spring,I guess it has something to do with keeping the motor in time,But that leaves me in a big fix,I am taking it to the Ford dealership now an letting them straighten it up,I am disabled,left leg amputation,or i would do it myself,That,s what i,ve did my whole life is automobile mechanic,s.Does anybody no what might be my problem,And is there a law against a mechanic doing a customer this way.Thank,s for any advise you,ens might give me,Sorry for the lenght of my question,but i did,ent no how else to ask you,ens,sorry. Jerry. :
