KELLY88
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- Joined
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- Location
- Lake Mary/Daytona Beach, FL
- Vehicle Year
- 1997, 2005
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0, 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
I get off work yesterday afternoon and go to my truck to leave. I get in, turn the engine over and all the sudden I hear a very loud CLUNK! Freaks me out. I shut the engine off and go to find what the hell made that noise. Only took a couple seconds when on the ground underneath the engine there lies my serpentine belt tensioner pulley. It just snapped off when I turned the engine on. Sheared clean off from underneath the bolt that holds it down. The belt ended up being okay. I managed to get a ride from my dad and picked up a new pulley on the way home but had somewhere to be last night. Finally get back out to my truck at about 10:00, still sitting in the work parking lot. Almost get it all back together only to realize that I have no 3/8 breaker bar. Son of a bitch! I Forgot the most important tool of the whole job. After some improvising, a few more choice words, and 45 minutes of trial and error later and I managed to get a 3/8 ratchet on it then go inside our factory and found a piece of pipe to use as a cheater bar. Got the pulley snugged up and the belt routed and drove it home by about 11:00.
Anyone else have this thing just snap off when you start the motor up?
Anyone else have this thing just snap off when you start the motor up?