5.0 motor. My spring loaded belt tensioner seems to be frozen. I put my half inch breaker bar in the square hole and cant move it. I tried putting a tire iron on the tension pully and tried prying to no avail. I want to order a an assembly from Rock Auto to replace the pully and the bracket ( with the square hole in it). But looking at the new assembly I cant see where the spring loaded part is.I know I will have to cut the belt off. Can someone tell me where the spring loaded part is.? I only see one bolt to take off the assembly and that is the pivot bolt. Thanks for any reply's..
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There's no spring. It's a bolt holding it in place from behind. You have to loosen that bolt and the pivot bolt to move the pulley. The alternator is the tension point on the other belt.
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Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
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what he said. No spring, just a bolt that you can't see. I think its a 15mm head but don't hold me to that. Its underneath the AC compressor, not hard to feel but pretty near impossible to see.
There is also a pivot bolt that should be loosened a bit. That one is visible from the front side, its one of the bolts that mounts the AC compressor to the bracket. 13mm for that one I believe.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
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That is newer style. My tensioner is spring loaded because over the last 30 years I just put the half inch end of breaker bar, pull back against the spring tension and slide the belt off and reverse that to put new one on.. My tensioner is on the right side between the A/C, crank. air pump. If you look on Rock Auto and part number 5942 tensioner and pully , that is what mine looks like.Thanks for the reply.Last edited by DBANDGB; 07-28-2026, 01:20 PM.Comment
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You better upload a picture here, because these cars did not have spring tensioners until they went with the 4.6l modular V8.Originally posted by DBANDGB View Post
If it looks like this, there is no spring. Only the pivot bolt and one from the backside to lock it in place. And if it doesn't, it's not right.
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Pics needed of your engine. Unless it was converted to a single serpentine belt set up like fox bodies had you have a manual tensioner on your hand that just cooperated with you all these years until now.Originally posted by DBANDGB View Post~David~
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Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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+1 pics or it didn't happen. If you have a spring loaded tensioner, you either have an engine swap or at least accessory swap. No panther had a spring tensioner or even provisions for it until the 4.6L modular motors in the 90s.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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Update. My car has two belts. One for A/C, air pump, crank & tensioner pully. Other belt is for P/S, alt, water pump and crank. This car I bought at one year old in N.J., but on the door sticker it says Mfg. by Ford in Canada.Comment
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Yeah. You are just mistaken on what you have. The part number you provided is what you in fact have but like others have mentioned there are no springs involved.~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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Over the 30 yrs I have had the car I changed the belts a few times.. I would put my half inch breaker bar in the half inch hole, pull back on the bar towards the battery and remove the belt. . Reverse the procedure to put the belt on and the spring would pull the tension pully down on the belt. Thanks for the reply's.Comment
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This is what the tensioner looks like. There is no spring.
86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
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