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Belt tensioner is loose and stripped the bolt over tighten it


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UPDATE ON THE DRIVE BELT TENSIONER: I will never buy those heli- coil pack again. It made things worse. The shop had to remove the entire timing chain cover and repair the stripped thread off the car. It cost me a little over a grand to repair because they had to remove accessories ect plus one of the pulleys was bad.

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Would have been further ahead to replace the cover yourself with a wrecking yard piece.

I redid the top end of an L67 last year, bought a floor press and parts for the sc snout, had the heads professionally done, bought a torque angle gauge and did new gaskets and seals for under $1000.

 

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Could have but, it would have been time consuming. I just wanted to get her done and back on the road. It’s been sitting for 5 months at the time and I didn’t really have the right tools to work on it myself.

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