How do you change a serpentine belt on a 1997 Ford Contour?

Answer 1

The first thing is to get a book on your car. Also check on the left side upper housing over the front strut. There should be a layout of the belt. you will also need a long 13 mm boxend wrench to use on the belt tensioner. turn your front wheels far to the right. Then remove the plastic cover (two screws) that allows access to that end of the crankshaft pully. The tensioner pully is just above & behind the crank pully. If you are older like me it's best to do this with two people as it gets a little hard to release the tension & fiddle with the belt to get it off & the new one on. Just follow the belt diagrams & the book instructions & it is fairly easy to do. I cannot stress to much that all people working on their own cars should not do so without getting a decent book on their car. Now if you want real adventure try changing the timing belt. The Bigtomato