Thread: 1882 300SD Alternator Replacement
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Old 08-14-2005, 12:23 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by Pete Burton
Brian, are you sure you have the correct belts? I had this exact same problem initially but when I got the correct Continental belts, I didn't have the interference with the cooling hose. And I've been avoiding going outside to work, but I may just go out and change the valve cover gasket on my truck. My Mercedes is sitting in the garage, awaiting my next move on it's transmission. I put an air conditioner in then garage window this afternoon, and it's been running for about 4 hours. The temp has dropped about 8 degrees...so far
Well Pete, it's either the 1000 mm belts or the 1037 mm belts. I don't think the 1037's will work. Just a bit too long. I need about 1020 mm. That would be perfect. But, something is not right. I can't believe M/B would want you to pull a cooling hose to change a belt.

The heat really kicked my ass today. I pulled the downpipe and pulled the water pump, and installed the tensioning bolt for the alternator, and that was about it.
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