So, there I was worrying about my tensioners and figured why not now to replace them. With this much time on the clock and just under 50k miles I didn't know what to expect. Here's a short post to let you know what I found and ask a couple questions.


Here she is about to get torn apart.



I thought there were 2 bolts holding the intake on.



Question#1 what does this connector go to?



Coil pack cover removed.



Didn't want to mix them up so grabbed some paint and made it easy for me.



Question #2 Did I miss something? I don't remember anyone saying the cam cover had to come off in order to get the 3rd coil pack out.




Cam cover removed and it looks a lot cleaner than I thought.



Oh snap, I already have the updated secondary tensioners, WOOHOO.



I do believe I also have the updated primary and guides as well.



Thanks for all the info, you guys helped a lot.

 

Don't all 2003 model V8s have updated design (metal) tensioners straight from the factory?

 

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Supposed to, one of the advantages of getting the newer models.

 

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Post 2003 4.2s don't have the plastic tensioner problem, you haven't been reading the forum enough!

 

These should be in order, enjoy