WELL, stock tensioner setup just broke.

**lx-convertible** · 08-21-2003, 12:40 PM

Sean "Novi DIDDY",

made up the box steel bracket, still need to get the 4" and 2" allen bolts.. I still don't like the top bolt, its threading in, but there is major tension on it....I think once it's in there, it'll be fine, but i have to get the right allen bolt to really try it out. with the bracket in there semi tightly- I ran a belt round the system and it looks very nice, good alignment and such. Top bolt is just what's giving me fits, overreacting am I?

**5150 LX** · 08-21-2003, 01:07 PM

I just made a parts run for the allen bolts. I found the 1.5" ( which fits good) bolt in stainless at Home Depot but they didn't have anything longer than 3", so I'll have to search around for the 4" one. If you locate one let me know where you got it.

**lx-convertible** · 08-21-2003, 01:36 PM

i will, i have a fastener company 10 minutes away, so i will try there if HOMO depot lets me down.

**lx-convertible** · 08-22-2003, 01:48 PM

i got the bolts, but they didn't have stainless, only zinc. They should hold up fine i would imagine. Still need to get a new belt, maybe tomorrow.. now i need a way to mount my coil... maybe make up a bracket to mount to the cylinder head....

**5150 LX** · 08-22-2003, 01:55 PM

Get that damn thing on so I can market my bracket to March. I need a test car, will split profits 50/50 with ya, lol. Put the coil back on the apron (term?), that's where mine is. Honestly though, If this works then I will probably send March an e-mail to descibe the issue we have encountered & maybe they will eventually too a new piece that is S/C specific.

**lx-convertible** · 08-22-2003, 11:23 PM

i don't have a stock coil bracket... got a spare? i used one from a 94 gt when i had it mounted to the last tensioner bracket. Now i need to either fab something or get a stock bracket

**5150 LX** · 08-23-2003, 08:26 AM

Sorry Neil no spare. Time for you to hit the bone yards, that coil bracket should be fairly easy to locate.

**lx-convertible** · 08-23-2003, 11:14 AM

round here, there are no boneyards with stang parts. they have been cleaned out long ago....looks like i will be taking the custom bracket route.

**5150 LX** · 08-23-2003, 11:53 AM

I'm pretty sure you could souce the bracket from nearly any V8 car, I can't see Ford making a dozen different types of coils and even more different mounting brackets. They may have but it would economically make sense to use the same parts for all V8 equipped vehicles.

**468LC** · 08-24-2003, 09:55 AM

[Reno911voice on] What in sam heck is going on here[/Reno911voiceoff]

**5150 LX** · 08-24-2003, 10:18 AM

You lost me Steve.....

**468LC** · 08-24-2003, 10:42 AM

LOL I was requesting a quick overview as to what you boys are trying to accomplish as I was too lazy to read.:)

**lx-convertible** · 08-24-2003, 11:50 AM

i used the 94 gt bracket, and put it down in the old swaybar location. fits well for the time being until i can get my bracket fabbed up.
steve, read up. no time for laziness

**468LC** · 08-24-2003, 11:56 AM

Neil, why not use a standard rotation water pump and skip all those other shinannigans?

**5150 LX** · 08-24-2003, 12:00 PM

Cause it's more fun this way Steve and it takes 2x's as long to figure it out. I was determined cause I wanted that nice shiny piece of billet alum under my hood, lol.

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