No problem, glad I can help.

I believe it cost me about 200usd when I bought my water pump at a local parts place. I just hope no other damage occurred when the belt jumped time.

 

Hey Billy:
Got everthing off last night except for the belt and pulleys. Belt is a bit sloppy, can move the crank about a 1/2 tooth each way before the belt tension up. Hopefully the auto tensioner is still good. Not very much room in them sucker, eh! Got one more question on the alt. I unbolted it on the weekend but tried to remove it last night. Took off the bracket, unbolted the A/C line clamps, still no room. Do I have to remove the Rad fan housing or is there an easier way? My Mitchel disc is not very explanitory and has no instrcutions on how to remove it from the car (It just says to remove 4 alt bolts and remove from car??)

Thanks Darrell

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I'll see what the manual say when I get home about the alt.

 

Thanks Billy - That would be great. I could leave it in but the front two bolts of the bottom part of the motor mount were a bitch to get at with alt sitting down there.

Many Thanks Again

 

Hey Darrel, As near as I can tell from the manual, there are 4 bolts on the alt. bracket and the long bolt and nut that attaches the alt to the bracket. It also shows removing the harnesses off of the alt. It was easy when I removed it, but that was 2 years ago, and for the life of me I cannot remember how I did it. There does not appear to be anything special or tricky about it according to the manual.
It does show loosening the air conditioning suction hose by removing the 3 nuts that hold the clamps on, then using a cord to hold it up out of your way. Do not loosen the A/C fitting, unless you want to recharge your system.

 

Hey Billy - Went to pick up the Belt and would you believe it they ordered the Power steering belt and the character behind the counter says "Are You Sure This Is Not The Timing Belt?" Looked at the order form and it says "Timing Belt" with a totally different part number than what was shipped. The guy had the ***** to say I had to pay a restocking charge. Yes- on $188.00 - Bullsh---. After an exchange of a few pleasantries and well wishes; went to NAPA. Only $176.00 but 4 days delivery.

Thought yesterday I would remove the belt from the sprockets. Damn is there a lot of tension on that belt. Like a dummy I removed the tensioner pulley before the Automatic tensioner. Snapped back pretty quick! Anyone else doing this I would advise using a 14mm wrench on the pulley center bolt after loosening the adjuster slide bolt and apply pressure as you remove the two Auto tensioner bolts, then slowly release the wrench. Installation would be reverse. YES - My hand still hurts...[&:]

 

Ah hell Darrell, I thought the belt was already off of the car. To little to late now, but if you ever have to do it again, wire tie your cam spockets together so the cams won't move (very much) when tension is released.

My bad, I should not have assumed anything.

 

Thanks Billy - Great tip. Right now I have the old belt sitting on the cam pulleys (which are now lined up on the marks) with the paper clip tip you showed me. I think when I remove the clips and touch the belt the pulleys are going to go in every direction. With your new tip - I am going to wire the cam sprockets even before I put the new belt on, then use the paper clips once the marks are in line. Last night I stood back and wondered how the heck was I going to get the new belt on without disturbing the pulleys once I reset them. Yes, at the same time I was rubbing my hand to get feeling back in it!
Thanks to you - problem solved!!!

Many THANKS Darrell