More maintenance
Apr. 23rd, 2011 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyRotated the tires on all the vehicles. While I had the tires off on the Taurus I found that the front brakes were in very bad shape. Not dangerous but probably reduced stopping power, and deteriorated parts to the point where one of them could have gone south easily. Replaced the pads and rotors.
When I went to start the Taurus to road test the brakes, it ran for about 3 seconds and died, and afterward sounded to me like the starter gear was just stripped. However, after pulling the starter motor and finding it in fine condition, I determined that the motor was actually turning, and the cams as well, though there was hardly any compression. My guess is that the timing chain jumped. It has 142,000 miles on the original chain so we'll have it towed to our local shop and have that taken care of next week. Assuming it's just a timing chain, it should just be a few hundred bucks, though I don't really know what's involved. If they have to drop the engine out to do it, it could be a bit more.
Sheesh, I didn't even get to move the car an inch after fixing the brakes. And I never did change the oil, that was on the list too.
Odometers:
Taurus, 142371, van 113956, Fusion 58475
When I went to start the Taurus to road test the brakes, it ran for about 3 seconds and died, and afterward sounded to me like the starter gear was just stripped. However, after pulling the starter motor and finding it in fine condition, I determined that the motor was actually turning, and the cams as well, though there was hardly any compression. My guess is that the timing chain jumped. It has 142,000 miles on the original chain so we'll have it towed to our local shop and have that taken care of next week. Assuming it's just a timing chain, it should just be a few hundred bucks, though I don't really know what's involved. If they have to drop the engine out to do it, it could be a bit more.
Sheesh, I didn't even get to move the car an inch after fixing the brakes. And I never did change the oil, that was on the list too.
Odometers:
Taurus, 142371, van 113956, Fusion 58475
