tensioner clip tool

[fastregalwe2]

Is there any other way to install the tensioners without the clip tool? If not where can I get it. Went to the Ford dealer and the rude jerk offs said they dont have Ford tools.

 

[BruceH]

Is there any other way to install the tensioners without the clip tool? If not where can I get it. Went to the Ford dealer and the rude jerk offs said they dont have Ford tools.

Yes it can be done. If I was to do it over again I'd just get new tensioners (they come with the clip).

Start a bolt and force the tensioner into position enough to get the other bolt started, you can figure it out from there.

 

[tmcolegr]

SD mentioned something about using a paper clip. Perhaps you could PM him......

 

[fastregalwe2]

Yes it can be done. If I was to do it over again I'd just get new tensioners (they come with the clip).

Start a bolt and force the tensioner into position enough to get the other bolt started, you can figure it out from there.

Thats what I ended up doing, it was a PITA but I got them on
thanks

 

[Rob72]

If anyone finds it please post a link.

 

[one eyed willy]

Start a bolt and force the tensioner into position enough to get the other bolt started, you can figure it out from there.

yup,easy as PIE!!

 

[fastregalwe2]

not sure what they cost but I read a new tensioner comes with the clip

 

[US-1]

If you're going to buy new tensioners then you need to buy the cast iron versions from the older 2V engines.

The clip to hold the plunger down on the plastic tensioners is somewhere around $7.

 

[tmcolegr]

If you're going to buy new tensioners then you need to buy the cast iron versions from the older 2V engines.

I sure wish I would have known that before purchasing a brand new pair of the 3V tensioners for my build

 

[94tbird]

why the iron ones. whats wrong with the plastic ones?

 

[US-1]

Stronger ratcheting mechanism and stronger housing.

 

[94tbird]

has anyone had a failure with the stock ones?

 

[tmcolegr]

has anyone had a failure with the stock ones?

http://s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23468&highlight=chain+tensioner

 

[94tbird]

so one failure in 5 or 6 years? you can compress them with your fingers when oil pressure is lost

 

[Redfire]

I had a tensioner arm fail due to the basic design of the tensioner. The plastic tensioners will allow the chains to "whip" when pedaling the car putting strain on the arm. The steel tensioners with the ratchet will keep tension on the chains and will limit the amount of whipping action. When I put my engine back together recently I used the steel tensioners to prevent this problem.

 

[94tbird]

got a part number on them? Since ive got the engine out i might as well

 

[tmcolegr]

I had a tensioner arm fail due to the basic design of the tensioner. The plastic tensioners will allow the chains to "whip" when pedaling the car putting strain on the arm. The steel tensioners with the ratchet will keep tension on the chains and will limit the amount of whipping action. When I put my engine back together recently I used the steel tensioners to prevent this problem.

I assume the tensioners were the only items upgraded and you retained the remainder of the 3V timing components?

 

[tmcolegr]

got a part number on them? Since ive got the engine out i might as well

See post #44

 

[tmcolegr]

here's a picture of a steel bodied tensioner

 

[US-1]

I assume the tensioners were the only items upgraded and you retained the remainder of the 3V timing components?

That's what I've been doing.