This is my parking brake repair/replacement. It finally quit raining in the Midwest long enough to replace the parking brake on my ’94 850 sedan. The process starts with the usual block the front tires, get out your jack stands stuff. Jack up the rear wheels of the car and set your jack stands. As a...

ISSUE: Need for parking brake system inspection. OEM components are prone to various degrees of failure due to age, exposure to elements, and heat which could affect drive-ability and control. CONSEQUENCES: One or both rear wheels could lock up immobilizing vehicle when parked, or causing loss of c...

Well I've had the belt on and off a few times, but now it is on, the timing marks all line up, I have turned it over by hand through several sets by hand, and readjusted the mechanical tensioner. Belt looks good, tension probably needs one more adjustment, but now I have new wrinkle--the tabs that p...

For those of you who want to turn off HL washer to save washer fluid and to avoid fluid spraying all over the hood, the solution is very simple.

- Open the fuse box in the engine compartment (driver side, near suspension tower)
- Remove Fuse #3 and set it aside in the fuse box.

That is it!

It's this........3 -10mm

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Ah..now I remember why this stuck in memory..

You need a deep socket 10 mm to get the nuts off the top two or spend an unpleasant hour under the dash with a box end

This procedure will eliminate a lot of guesswork. 1) Leave the plastic spark plug cover off. (2) Go buy a bottle of trace dye and a ultraviolet light. (3) On the way home, stop at the car wash. (4) Degrease and power wash the engine, get all the oil off. (5) Add the trace dye to the engine oil. (6) ...

Sounds like the new tensioner is not mounted correctly and the tab on the old one was broken. The tabs on the back side of the tensioner fits into the block and holds part of the tensioner steady.

Bent 4th finger means it may of be subjected to shock that damaged it. Definitely justification for a replacement of a mission critical component.