This is a cool tip for when the engine is out, of the vehicle, however, i tried this while the engine was installed and there is not room for the Vise-Grips. I ended up using a folded piece of cardboard wedged in, and it worked after two or three tries
not all cars have that, lot's of 4 bangers have these belts where you gotta just manhandle it in there no eother way about it. Never done one on the escape though...
I tried that exact thing today and the belt kept popping off the water pump pulley… I ended up turning the engine backwards to get the belt on. Probably not supposed to, but it worked and the engine is running like a top.
@@youtubechampion9377 lol how often to belt tensioner as fail though? I mean you should change it maybe every 100k miles but that’s not a short interval. And they’re not hard to change.