A new cap was not installed. The current one seems to be just fine, the rubber is still nice and soft, and it seems to make a pretty good seal so I am leaving it as is.

Well, I would say that 2 days to remove 4 bolts doesn't count as "rushing" it. I got them off, and they are.... fine. I did not round the bolts, but I saw how they were begining to do so, and I will replace them, because having to deal with a rounded head would piss me off too much. I did the 10mm box head with the grind, and can add myself to the pool of people who claim there is NO other way of doing it without rounding those bolts.

Just wondering, it was a massive PITA to get the alternator loose enough to get the pulley off, do I have to tighten those bolts back to what they were when I am done (as in it took a 2' breaker bar and my big man arms to loosen them)? I don't have too much experience with cars, so what would the correct tension in the belts feel like?