Twinscrewgt
Bad Smurf
Any idea on how to remove the ac belt on these cars?
it's quite a pain in the ass to say the least.. there's no tensioner for the AC belt and the service manual calls to cutting and discarding the belt on the 5.0L engine if you need to replace it!!
That's what I was afraid of lol. What a stupid design.
No. Still a shit design for FI LOL. Having to pay ford to install an ac belt is rediculous. Guess I'll have to figure something out.
Damn, sounds like an imported car's engineering... What I want to know is how to get one back ON!!
I agree it's a PITA, but when you can run a super charger off that instead of having to go to the crank, it's a great design. It just sucks for people like you and I who like to do our own work.
Why in the world do you need to replace it anyway? Being so new, I would imagine Ford would do it for free. It certainly can't be worn out this soon.
What a stupid pain in the ass that was!!
The Ford manual shows a strap to remove the belt, and then a big zip tie to install it. Pretty rediculous if you ask me. I'll bet after doing a couple of them you'd get pretty good at it.
the strap is only used for the V6 engines.
the 5.0 requires you to cut the belt.. the manual actually calls for it