Well I have pulled the tensioner and pulley and they show no obvious problems. They look pretty good actually. The timing belt is pretty crusty so I am going to get a new one. Now I am not sure where what was causing the problem. When I ran it with the cover off the tensioner pulled was shaking at the same rate as the sound so it really appeared that's where the sound was coming from. The bearing on the pulled and the pivot bushing look good. The tensioner has descent tension but I wonder if it was stronger when new. I suppose I can replace that too. What do you guys suggest? Maybe replace those two parts, put the belt on, and see what happens.

On a side not the marks on the timing belt did not match up with the ones on the cam pulleys and the crank pulley even before I took the belt off. The lame Chiltons I have said there was a change from 1995 to 1995.5 on where the alignment marks are on the timing belt back cover. Have you guys ran into that? I just need to be sure the new belt has the correct marks for my year which is a 95.


1995 Rodeo V6 4WD