I hate to sound like a space cadet ...but here goes. the "tensioner adjuster" that fits on the back of the boss ( two flats and round) of the belt tensioner has an offset to the part that fits on the boss. Does the offset flat on the round part go flush with the tensioner or on the out side? I usually remember how things come apart but I couldn't see what I was doing when the parts separated.



Getting old isn't for wimps as your eyesight and memory suck!

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92 300e 205 k miles decent -wife's ride
91 300 TE many upgrades and very clean-Junk yard rescue ( son's "hot rod")
68 250 s Low rust great shape
91 300e 236k ( rear ended and sheared metal subframe mounts /sway bar )
85 300TD 310k

Below have moved on
77 300d 36k miles one elderly owner! Now in Ca fully restored
79 300 sd 49k miles( time capsule clean )sold and still in ohio
66 230s new at factory "das boot" gone.
93 190e 2.6 crunched-hard no injuries
69 220d rusted away