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How do you loosen the belt tensioner on the surpentine belt on the 1998 Ford Contour?
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∙ 14y ago
use a closed end open end wrench 16mm. Put the closed end on the bolt in the center of the pulley.Cupple a larger wrench boxed end to the open of the wrench on the pulley. Be carefull that your wrenches are in line with and push in a straight down motion.Then slip the belt off the alternator pulley.
that should be a 15mm wrench
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