open the hood, pour a gallon of gasoline into the engine compartment...then throw a lit match into the mix.
The idler pulley is between the alternator and the A/C compressor.
Remove your idler pulley first. it is the pulley right next to the alternator.
I found the instructions in a Chiltons #26242 book on Ford Escort/Tracer. I found it easier to remove the alternator as there is a idler pulley hidden beneath it that is a real bugger to get the belt around. Once I solved this problem everything else was easy. The tension pulley that Ford installed really helped as you don't have to adjust the belt.
Remove serpentine belt. Remove pulley. Install new pulley. Install serpentine belt.
replace the belt with a goodyear bet
The A/C compressor is located on the bottom of passenger side of the engine. It is the unit between the crankshaft pulley and the idler pulley. It is driven by the serpentine accessory belt.
check tensioner pulley and idler pulley if equipped.
Take off belt, remove bolt in center of pulley, replace with new pulley (comes with bearing). Reverse to install Take off belt, remove bolt in center of pulley, replace with new pulley (comes with bearing).
No, not that I know of. ZXTuner sells an AC Delete pulley that replaces the compresser with an idler pulley. I have it on two of my ZX2s and it works fine and is easy to install and no new belts are required.
Replace the tensioner pulley
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