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Re: Serpentine Belt #972156 06/07/04 09:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,960 Proud to live in America M MarkO_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
MarkO_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er M Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,960 Proud to live in America	$1000 ?? A serpentine belt is $20 something dollars and is under an hours DIY work. The Zetec has a timing belt ...... thats different. Bless our servicemen & women overseas. L.Cpl Ian Malone, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, R.I.P.

Re: Serpentine Belt #972157 06/07/04 10:48 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,725 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Chica... H HITMANinMI Hard-core CEG\'er
HITMANinMI Hard-core CEG\'er H Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,725 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Chica...	Originally posted by MarkO: $1000 ?? A serpentine belt is $20 something dollars and is under an hours DIY work. The Zetec has a timing belt ...... thats different. The Zetec has a timing belt and a serpentine belt.

Re: Serpentine Belt #972158 06/09/04 08:03 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,600 Ocala, FL K KingpinSVT Addicted CEG\'er
KingpinSVT Addicted CEG\'er K Joined: May 2003 Posts: 5,600 Ocala, FL	Originally posted by HITMANinMI: Originally posted by KingpinSVT: the belt tensioner is spring loaded, it tightens itself. No, after you remove the belt from the car and put it back on you have to tighten the tensioner, just like you have to loosen it to get the belt off. no, you loosen the belt by pulling on the spring loaded tensioner. after you remove the belt, it goes back to its original position. when putting the belt back on, you pull it aside again, put the belt back on, the it resets itself because its spring loaded. there is no tighening or loosening the belt tensioner to adjust belt tension. it does it automatically. have you even seen what he is talking about? #4559 of 6535 born on Feb 17, 1998 Black 1998.5 CSVT FOR SALE [cleaning house]: SVT rear swaybar. Reasonable offer and its yours!

Re: Serpentine Belt #972159 06/10/04 02:34 AM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 58 H hfidel_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP hfidel_dup1 CEG\'er H Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 58	Thanks for all the ino about the belt, but I was talking about the pully on the A/C compressor. Anyway the belt from the non air version worked fine, and I am at least driving the car, but it has been VERY hot here lately. I decided to fix the A/C by getting a used lower mileage compressor from a 2000 car, mine is 1995. Picked one up for $60. I will swap it out, add some oil, and pull a vaccum on it for a while before recharging. I've done this before with great success on other cars. I'll keep you posted on my success, but it will probably be a few weeks to I can get to doing it.

Re: Serpentine Belt #972160 06/10/04 05:46 AM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,176 Austin, TX. B btrautman CEG'er
btrautman CEG'er B Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,176 Austin, TX.	I'd recommend replacing the orfice valve. It is only four bucks from autozone. An ounce of prevention provides a pound of cure!

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