Changed the plugs ***BEWARE***
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idlers and tensioner ,,, clearly YOU do not live in the Rust belt..
at 138,000 miles I had loose bearings for 2 idlers. and the tensioner was Rusted and offered little tension on the serpentine belt...
on my 6.2L....2012.
at 138,000 miles I had loose bearings for 2 idlers. and the tensioner was Rusted and offered little tension on the serpentine belt...
on my 6.2L....2012.
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Laughing Gas
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Why the change of the idlers and tensioner? I've never changed them on any Ford of mine. But with my daily driver Infiniti, I've had to replace them all between 100K and120K miles due to bearing noise (one seized and unthreaded itself from the block). Were you hearing anything, or just preventive?
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That's some good PM thinking.
Tuned
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Chuck,
I did the plugs on my 6.2L a week or so back.
Was using an 18" platform and finally just used some cardboard and an old blanket and just made a spot to sit on on top of the Ranch Hand bumper and grill/support to reach them all.
I'm 6'6" with 38" sleeves and couldn't get to them all from the platform. Not even close.
Wife thought it looked funny as Hell..
Griz
I did the plugs on my 6.2L a week or so back.
Was using an 18" platform and finally just used some cardboard and an old blanket and just made a spot to sit on on top of the Ranch Hand bumper and grill/support to reach them all.
I'm 6'6" with 38" sleeves and couldn't get to them all from the platform. Not even close.
Wife thought it looked funny as Hell..
Griz
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From: very South Texas
Chuck,
I did the plugs on my 6.2L a week or so back.
Was using an 18" platform and finally just used some cardboard and an old blanket and just made a spot to sit on on top of the Ranch Hand bumper and grill/support to reach them all.
I'm 6'6" with 38" sleeves and couldn't get to them all from the platform. Not even close.
Wife thought it looked funny as Hell..
Griz
I did the plugs on my 6.2L a week or so back.
Was using an 18" platform and finally just used some cardboard and an old blanket and just made a spot to sit on on top of the Ranch Hand bumper and grill/support to reach them all.
I'm 6'6" with 38" sleeves and couldn't get to them all from the platform. Not even close.
Wife thought it looked funny as Hell..
Griz
many ODD positions for wrenching. .. I lay across the fenders.... but I was a pro mechanic (43 years).. so my chest was use to it..
my dad was 6'7.......
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