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**Nicole**
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OKAY here's the deal ...
We bought a 1997 Ford Explorer XLT in February with our tax rebate. .... We thought we were getting a really good deal, and the guy told us that the timing chain tensioner was loose and had been rattling and making strange noises was the reason he was letting it go so cheap. He also told us that the part would only cost about $50 dollars, and my husband has a little experience with mechanics ... (but with older model cars) anyhow, we decided to purchase the vehicle and take our chances on fixing it ourselves ... BIG MISTAKE ! We bought the tensioner not knowing that the hard part was the labor that it took replacing it. So we decided that we would hold off and get a mechanic to fix it ... ANOTHER MISTAKE ! The car ended up breaking down going down the highway. Since then it will turn over but won't crank at all. We have priced having a mechanic do the work and the cheapest quote that we've gotten so far was $1,500.00 SO my question is
DOES ANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE REPLACING THE REAR TIMING TENSIONER ... do you have any advice or pointers to give. At this point we have just begun to disassemble the engine hookups to pull it out of the car to work on it. But is it worth the trouble ... ??
We bought a 1997 Ford Explorer XLT in February with our tax rebate. .... We thought we were getting a really good deal, and the guy told us that the timing chain tensioner was loose and had been rattling and making strange noises was the reason he was letting it go so cheap. He also told us that the part would only cost about $50 dollars, and my husband has a little experience with mechanics ... (but with older model cars) anyhow, we decided to purchase the vehicle and take our chances on fixing it ourselves ... BIG MISTAKE ! We bought the tensioner not knowing that the hard part was the labor that it took replacing it. So we decided that we would hold off and get a mechanic to fix it ... ANOTHER MISTAKE ! The car ended up breaking down going down the highway. Since then it will turn over but won't crank at all. We have priced having a mechanic do the work and the cheapest quote that we've gotten so far was $1,500.00 SO my question is
DOES ANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE REPLACING THE REAR TIMING TENSIONER ... do you have any advice or pointers to give. At this point we have just begun to disassemble the engine hookups to pull it out of the car to work on it. But is it worth the trouble ... ??