ford related sorry..

[lozz]

Hi.
Anyone know if the aux belt tensioner on a mk3 2.0 tdci
Can be swapped out with ought lowering the engine..

Anyone here changed one..

Thanks in advance..

[teamster1975]

Possibly this will help Lozz...

http://www.talkford.com/community/topic ... er-how-to/

[lozz]

Thanks alot Edit: teamster!

seem's like alot of faffing about is needed then, (stupid desighn,
iwill book it in at fords and get them to do it,

[teamster1975]

Thanks alot dai

I'm not from Wales!

[lozz]

Thanks alot dai

I'm not from Wales!

ah sorry mate,. ididnt read properly., seen the Red and thought it was Dai,

[DaiRees]

Haha, easy mistake to make mind

[lozz]

Its been a while.

I still haven't fixed it..I thought f*c# it..
Well anyhoo just before Christmas I'd had enough of the noise..and had a peek
And spotted the crank pulley..going round all bent and crooked.
(Orderd in new pulley)
Seen a Mobile mechanic advertising on failbook..

Two weeks ago he came out..wheel off..wheel arch liner off...
An hour later iwent out..'make sure car hadn't fell on him or summat daft..
Another 20mins later.
He knocks at the door.. 'I will have to come back..I'll only be half an hour..
Hes not been back since..'he didn't earn a bean.job not done.

Later on iwent out to the car and found a Ford battery in footwells..wtf?
Tried ringing him no answer.
Sent him a message on the fb messenger thing and ..Q him about the battery no reply.

My battery is in the car..still connected.

Still trying to work out why he's brought and left the battery behind.
There was only 5.3 volts in it..itested it with battery tester.

I'm thinking he was planning on doing a battery swap.

[benczuk]

Using it to power a impact wrench? (I assume he failed because he couldn't undo the bolt?)

[lozz]

Hi.
Yes ..that's a possibility..but ididnt hear anything.
All he had with him was a socket set..that I'd seen.

I did ask him. And got no reply.
His Fb page seems to have gone too.

[Welly]

Blimey what a chancer, at least it didn't cost you anything, you might need to take it to a decent friendly independent if you don't fancy the job yourself.

[lozz]

I carnt do much these day's.
My brain still works as normal but my hands don't.
(Parkinson's.)

I have little faith in garages any more..and finding a good one is hard.
I tried giving someone claiming to be a proffesional mobile mechanic some work
And this is what happens...there is hardly any work over here so he should of appreciated the work
Iwouid of given him more work on the future..ah well such as life.

I just wish they was all like jasper5.(honest and reliable)
Iwouid of give him a shout but ..with the winter frost here and he's a fair distance away
Ididnt like to ask.

[Welly]

That's such a shame it must be very frustrating for you, I hope you get something sorted without too much extra fuss mate.

[jasper5]

Give us a shout lozz! I'll sort it for you

[lozz]

Thanks jasper5.

I've moved from that big old house now..so I've no garage any more ../well it was more of a shed.

Iwouidnt like to see you out in the frost mate.
When the weather gets abeit warmer iwill send you a 'pm.

I'd be grateful if you couid fit the crankpulley tho..

Thank-you.

[jasper5]

No worries lozz. whenever you are ready.

The cold and frosty days never bothered me the last 36 years