Ok thanks. Ok, now i have an even bigger problem.. I call 2 ford dealerships, one had no idea WTF he was doing and quoted me the 1600. I called another one, and told him what i heard, and he said it could be the jackshaft cassette? He said the tensioner would run me about 500, and the jackshaft would run me 12-1500 bucks. He said if i hear the rattle on the left bank, its the tensioner, but i hear it in the middle on top of the motor. Im having it lookde at on monday by the dealership for free, and then im gonna call someone else to do the job probly. But this rattle is new, and it scares me cause i have 131000 on the clock, and really dont want to jump the timming and bend a valve. WHat do you think it is, and do you tink its safe to drive on it till monday because i styill need to go to work and school and what not. I might use my 5.0 over the weekend once i replace the alternator. Thanks, this is becomming a PITA! Big time.
ok, so i was noticing a little bit of a rattle out of my 97 sohc, and remembered reading a while back that a bad timming tensioner would make that noise, so i call the local ford stealership and they quoted me at 1600 for the front and back, and 1300 for the front. Now that sounds like WAY to much for that. Hes like "well looks here we have to take apart most of the motor to get at them, i said buddy, there are people that change the front one with the motor in place, and hes said, well, this is what im quoted at." What should the right price be? And is that in fact a bad tensioner? I dont want to bend a valve or anything, but for 1600, i could get a newer motor and out it in. What do you think, or is this really a problem. I clecked my vin # at ford.com, and it said it had not outstanding recalls, so idk! Thanks for any help?
