My 93 Explorer apparently has no idler pulley?

[Rhett]

I've never seen a '93 with a tensioner up there. Much less a tensioner of that style.

Leave it to Ford to do that. I wonder what the build date is on your truck.

 

[timtimtimajim]

My 93 has the tensioner up there. It’s a late 93 too with a build date of 7/28/93

 

[Rainier]

My 93 has the tensioner up top also.

 

[Roadrunner777]

For those with the tensioner on top.... be happy! The bottom tensioner design, at least the way mine is laid out is a PITA. I can't get a full wrench swing on it because there are trans cooler lines in the way.

 

[Rainier]

For those with the tensioner on top.... be happy! The bottom tensioner design, at least the way mine is laid out is a PITA. I can't get a full wrench swing on it because there are trans cooler lines in the way.

My 93 is a manual. I wonder if that is the difference, auto had a slightly different layout...

 

[Dubious_Downfall]

My 93 is a manual. I wonder if that is the difference, auto had a slightly different layout...

I too have a manual. Anyone else want to toss their hat into the ring?

 

[Dubious_Downfall]

My 93 is a manual. I wonder if that is the difference, auto had a slightly different layout...

I too have a manual. Anyone else want to toss their hat into the ring?

 

[timtimtimajim]

I’ve got an auto

 

[Rainier]

I’ve got an auto

Tensioner up top or down low?

 

[timtimtimajim]

Tensioner is up top

 

[Dubious_Downfall]

Tensioner is up top

I noticed yours is also a Sport, a 93, and a 4x4 like mine, but yours is automatic and mine is manual. So the transmission isn't the differentiating factor. Which makes sense. You'd expect it to be something in the engine bay or directly under.

 

[timtimtimajim]

Yah I’m not sure why the different setups. Makes me wonder what was going on at the Ford Factory haha. Maybe it depends on where it was built??

Mines also a bit different with the engine because it’s a California smog model. So it’s a 93 but has the same emissions stuff as every 94...

 

[Rhett]

For those with the tensioner on top.... be happy! The bottom tensioner design, at least the way mine is laid out is a PITA. I can't get a full wrench swing on it because there are trans cooler lines in the way.

Yep I've run into that problem many times. Usually I can move it just enough to slip the belt off... another thing I have done is put a cinder block under the truck and use it to hold the wrench in place while I slip off the belt.

Definitely jealous of you tensioner-on-top guys. Maybe I can do a retrofit?

 

[Rhett]

Yah I’m not sure why the different setups. Makes me wonder what was going on at the Ford Factory haha. Maybe it depends on where it was built??

My 94 was built in 11/93 at Louisville, KY plant if I'm remembering right. Been a while since I looked at my VIN

 

[timtimtimajim]

Yah I gotta look at my VIN as I can’t remember where mine was built...

 

[kmack]

I'll toss mine into the ring...

'93 model (Apr 21, 1993 build date)
California "smog" model (not necessarily happy about that...)
Automatic
Tensioner is on top.

 

[Exploring XLT]

Mine is California as well, well... for now it is...

 

[Rainier]

I looked up my vin, apparently my 1993 was built in Louisville Kentucky.