Just Replaced My Serpentine Belt

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 01/11/2015 at 16:09 • Filed to: None

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In the Ace Hardware parking lot near my house because I have a steep driveway and I wanted flat ground, plus I needed an 8 mm wrench.

Here's what it sounded like before I replaced it:

And here's what it sounds like now:

According to my records from the original owner last time the belt was replaced was 54,000 miles ago. I got a look at it after I got it off and boy was it cracked, it really needed replacing

I got so many weird looks. I wonder what the roadkill crew have to deal with when they do stuff like this.

DrJohannVegas > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/11/2015 at 16:24

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Ok, caveats about YT sounds quality and whatnot aside: A bearing somewhere in there (I'd guess alternator) sounds...grindy.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/11/2015 at 16:25

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I hate having a steep driveway. Makes it hard to do work and my exhaust scrapes on the driveway at stock height.

But looks and sounds much better. Was it hard?

I don't understand why people would give looks for fixing your truck. That's nothing weird.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > DrJohannVegas 01/11/2015 at 16:26

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It's the power steering pump. I'm just gonna let it die and when it does replace it

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST 01/11/2015 at 16:27

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It wasn't very difficult per se it was just kind of awkward getting in there

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/11/2015 at 17:26

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'Welcome to the jungle, feel my serpentine'

crowmolly > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/11/2015 at 17:27

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Well, it could be pushing cold fluid or need a flush.

Is the tensioner still original?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > crowmolly 01/11/2015 at 17:34

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Nah, I had a PS leak when I bought the truck. It probably damaged the pump a bit. I think the tensioner is original. When I replaced the PS hose, I replaced all the fluid, so Its not that. I checked everything before I put the new belt on. The water pump pulley is a little loose, but seems to be aligned correctly and functioning okay, and the PS bearing grinds. But other than that, everything is really free flowing with no issues.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/11/2015 at 18:40

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I could see how that's awkward. I have a big engine bay so I have lots of space!

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST 01/11/2015 at 18:58

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It was awkward mainly because I had to take the intake hose off to access the tensioner and the fan kept on getting in the way of my ratchet while it was on the tensioner. But it was like a 25 min job. It was pretty straight forward to be honest.

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/11/2015 at 19:06

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Because of the shaker, there's a lot more intake tubing. So I had a similar problem. We had to get a little creative.

I need a picture of my actual engine bay...

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/16/2015 at 21:31

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The weird looks, one time a friend and i were working outside of a sears on his 98 Mustang, we were bleeding the brakes, and then the police came but not because they didn't want us there, they thought we were stealing the wheels. They just made sure the car was ours (my friend's, who is also here in oppo but has a chinese letters as a name) And then they left.