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It"s Alive!!!!!!!!! Spent all Saturday putting the car back together in my driveway. Filled up the fluids. It started right up and ran perfect. I prayed a lot before we turned the key though. Thanks to everyone who offerred advice. To sstinman thanks for your help, sorry to hear your's...

Sstinman Wow. I looked all over for a chain with a master link and was told it did not exist. I already got the cover off and ordered the chain from team ford. You're not kidding, it is brutal to get the cover off. I must have about 25 hours into already. I sure hope the head is ok after...

It is a 2000 Lincoln LS 3.9l V8. It has 120,000 miles on it.

Thought I could cheat too. Yeah thought I could slip the chain from behind too but you're right, can't lift the cam to do it. We have two other vehilces, the lincoln is my daughters car. It's her first car, she's very upset because she takes good care of it, she doesn't have the kind of money...

Same problem with Jaguar 4.0l After researching further I found a Jaguar service site that had pictures of the plastic tensioners with cracks warning that they recommend them being changed. It showed the primary & secondary chain tensioners with stress cracks. The plastic lets go and jams the...

Thanks owlman I have an online manual but yours is a lot clearer. It explained something I wasn't sure about. Thanks very much. The secondary chain tensioner looks different on the 2006 Ford must have realized the original tensioner design was no good and changed it?

I think you're right. Looks like the plastic came off in mostly one piece and is wedged between the chain and sprocket but there does seem to be a very small piece missing. Probably best to take the front cover off. Can it be done without a lift? Is this a common problem for the 3.9l...

Thanks Thanks, I saw that thread yesterday and it gave me some help. I spent the afternoon and got the LH camcover off and found that the plastic piece of the secondary chain tensioner broke off and wedged into the camshaft sprocket and then broke the chain. None of the exhaust valves look...

I think one of the timing chains may have broken on my daughter's 2000 LS 3.9l . Shop wants over $ 1,000.00 just to get into it. I'm going to try to do it myself. Does anyone know if you have to use the special tools and also once the timing marks on the crankshaft sprockets are lined up...