A little maintenance..

[lincolnlogs]

Hey LVC,

Been a while, yes I'm still here. Yes the Lincoln is still doing well.

I decided I've had enough of the noise I was getting from the front of my car. (Belt noise, and compressor drag)

I found out my belt was more than likely original (wow)



Also found out my both idler wheels, and the tensioner wheels were womped out. I removed them, pressed out the bearings, installed new.



I removed the outer compressor ring, and found the boots were dryrotted, and weren't allowing the drag wheel to retract. I replaced with new boots, hand sanded the compressor drag wheel smooth, greased the boots, and reinstalled.

Top that off with a new 106.5" Gates belt...


HOLY $&#%

The amount of power I lost from that compressor drag and those bearings.. Is unreal. I thought I bought a new car with all the restored power.

The complete silence from the engine compartment is simply unexplainable. I can hear the injectors pulsing and the lifters.

For anyone with these same issues. Just thought I'd check in.

Happy Friday!!

 

[antonio fuller]

Had the noise in the front long story short after the dealer had it for a week and replaced tensioner ac clutch power steering pump they realized a pulley was warped out and replaced it lol didn't make me none all under warranty lol I just gave them the what you mean you can't find it you made it. Look lol

 

[hite337]

And the weekly winner for longest sentence goes to....jk

Glad to hear you are still around and doing well 'logs....I think I have some idler and tensioner issues myself. I may just replace them all soon.

 

[lincolnlogs]

And the weekly winner for longest sentence goes to....jk

Glad to hear you are still around and doing well 'logs....I think I have some idler and tensioner issues myself. I may just replace them all soon.

Lol.... Now now hite.. be nice.

Totally worth the few hours that this took!