Thanks. Apparently the general advice is to avoid playing with the tensioner at all costs haha.. so I'm expecting some comments on this one 😂. But personally I wanted to understand what was going on in there and now I feel I do!
Your tensioning tool is similar in concept to what Camp Chaos showed in this video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IQEkmUCzbvU.htmlsi=dap5eBa7R0MXctWE Both tools are much gentler on the tensioner than the factory lever tool.
Thanks again, Don't have my engine out yet it's been a little slow, cold outside don't want to run the heat any more than I have two. Still proceeding and putting out a video each week check it out if you want @ CatManDo Mechanical. Looks like your moving along pretty good and doing a excellent job at it, keep up the good work. 🙂
Yes I can't see me needing it again (if I do something has gone terribly wrong!) and anyway if that happens then guy who makes them is just down the road! Send me an email Jaguarxjsocd@gmail.com and we can sort something out I'm sure.
The whole system is poor. Interference engines are bad. Just a cheap way of doing it. Best engines are gear to gear camshaft drive I think. Never had one fail for the life of the engine.
