CPS tight enough?
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Just put mine in last nite. Thought it was going to be difficult with what I have read about the old one being hard to break loose. Turned out to be a 10 minute job. Had a 3/8 ratchet with a 10mm socket and a 3inch extension. Held the rachet on the outside of the belt. The bolt came loose with a moderate tug and knuckle bang. Used a flat blade screwdriver to ease out the old one, put some oil on the o-ring of the new one and it popped right in. Snugged the bolt back and plugged it in. All my problems were immediately gone......I hope.
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Amazing how that one little part can cripple our trucks! Also amzing how much they charge us for this part, it does not look like much in the package! I paid $180.00 canadian at ford. International was no cheaper up here around Vancouver.
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hey mopey, funny you should say that international wasnt any cheaper, up here in prince george i paid about $170 and ford was abut 10 bucks more, i dont know why these guys say to buy it from there, it must be different in the states i guess.
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Originally Posted by mybigredford
hey mopey, funny you should say that international wasnt any cheaper, up here in prince george i paid about $170 and ford was abut 10 bucks more, i dont know why these guys say to buy it from there, it must be different in the states i guess.
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I could not find any decent savings at all at international around here. One international guy seemed to know how much ford charged so maybe they have raised prices a bit.
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the dealers try to get what they can. As soon as you tell the intl dealer its a ford they put the wood to ya. Try to get the part number off the old one and call intl for that part number. should be bunch of numbers with a letter followed by 1 or 2 numbers.
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I went to International to buy a new cps for my truck and paid $105.00 including tax. The counter parts guy said ford is trying to get International to raise the price of the cps from $97 to $130 or to quit selling them to "Ford" customers because people are going to International to buy the cps for $75-$100 less insted of getting it from Ford. So when you buy a cps from International and they ask you what you drive tell them you drive a garbage truck!!! 
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i personally think the cps failure rate is extremely high ! i wish there was a way to count the number of failures and then bring it to ntsb and make ford do something about it ! but we all know how that goes...it has to kill some people first ! i guess, scaring the #*@% out of people doesn't count. for example, pulling a 35' fifth wheel up a long tall bridge without a shoulder and the engine dies when the cps fails. i could go on and on. just my .02 . have a great day !
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My 99' died just after starting it up today and wouldn't restart, so I had it towed home and just finished pulling out the cps bolt, but can't get the cps out, how do you get a screwdriver in there to pry it out? I am having trouble even getting my hand in there. Also, I do not know which pully is the tensioner to release the belt.
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It takes a little patience, but pushing slotted screw driver in on the edge and then twisting handle should get it started. It will come out they are just a little tough to get started sometimes.