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sounds like your tensioner moved a little??/ 100th post in this thread...yay 
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I don't know, I can't slide the tensioner bolt all the way to the left side...its sittin about middle right now maybe more slightly to the right...belt the belt on that side is tight...its the other side thats loose as hell. Would the tensioner have an effect? I've tried sliding the bolt all the way to the left with no luck
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Do you have the spring and tiny bolt to set the tensioner properly? Something had to get misaligned if it got lose on one side... not sure what you need to do other than just set the timing and set the tensioner properly THOUGH it would seem you wouldn't need to set the tensioner, you did have to remove pulleys and gears and whatnot, so something couldda changed.
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i wonder...if the spring is even in there??? it sounds like its not...i did that on a DOHC neon, i put the belt on but forget the tenssioner spring, and then i wondered for 2 hours why the car wouldnt start...duh! lol. seriously, i dont think your that lax, but maybe you had a brain fart?  happens to all of us.
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well I would love to tell you that I put the spring back in there, or that I even know what you're talking about but I can't...ahha  I called my uncle and he is gonna help me out... 
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Originally posted by ZetecNinja:
well I would love to tell you that I put the spring back in there, or that I even know what you're talking about but I can't...ahha
I called my uncle and he is gonna help me out...
well...
do you have any springs laying around your work area??? if you do, chances are it isnt in the car LOL.
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The spring and post are something you buy from the dealer to set the tensioner, you can leave them installed or remove them after setting the tensioner.
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oh ok well then that explains it because I never had that in the first place...I'm pretty sure no spring fell out and i never saw one or used one when installing the tensionser...I just put it back where it was supposed to go...slid the bolt the farthest to the left I could and tightened the bolt.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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actually, having the spring is not THAT important (just makes it easier), if you install the belt in the proper sequence (it's in the book somewhere) going around and keeping the belt tight at each step so that you put it onto the tensioner in the last step, so all remaining "looseness" comes over the tensioner. I'd guess the proper sequence is to start at the next sprocket (clockwise) from the tensioner and progressing clockwise around. I hope I made sense  T.
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