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May 2, 2007 | 06:38 PM

bobpat204

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tensioner trouble

well started the truck this morining idles for about 5 sec than a mighty racket starts,shut off open hood the belt tensioner had fell apart and the pulley goes into the fan,ok well things break.i pull it off head down the parts store.3 hours later two towns later 2 autoznes,2 napa;s one adavnced autoparts stores later not a tenisioner to be had.has anybody replaced the belt tensioner on a 1994 f350 yet? if so where did you get it i am down a truck and my only hope so far is a online parts place that my or my not be the right part,oh yea the ford dealership had a unit that they said was the correct one but the backside of the old tensioner i have has just one loctaing pin the one they had,had two.looking for some wisdom from someone who has gone thru this???
1994 f 350 7.3 n/a automatic

May 2, 2007 | 07:16 PM

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I had to buy mine through the Ford stealership, specifiy tensioner that fits on the A/C model ( if yours is so equipped), don't recall about the two pin thing!

May 2, 2007 | 09:24 PM

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Does yours have the shock absorber on it? If so, The dealership wants you to walk in backwards with your pants around your ankles! 2 dealerships quoted me @225.00 and $240.00. I found one without the shock on it from NAPA auto parts for $98.00 part # nbh38270. It eliminated the shock and I had to donate a 9/16 socket as a spacer but it's been working fine for about 4 months now. The new unit has the bolt hole recessed into it, not allowing the original bolt to be used since it is too long to thread all the way in. That is where the socket sacrificed itself! I keep meaning to buy a shorter bolt so I can have my socklet back but laziness prevails everytime! Here is the link to NAPA's part http://www.napaautoparts.com/MasterP...Tensioner+Assy

May 2, 2007 | 09:32 PM

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F4TZ6B209A $99.02 sell $74.27
Maintenance & lubrication - Engine service - Belts & pulleys - Serpentine tensioner
SERPENTINE TENSIONER, F350, 7.3L Diesel, IDI Diesel 1994

NAPA........

http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...Tensioner+Assy

It has 1 bolt, but also a stabilizing pin......... older ones fited into the block/adapter.

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