changing drive belts. 1983 300 Turbo - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

John Schroader · #1 09-14-2009, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by brownrice78

thanks aaa. Fortunately, I still have AC, so that isn't an option

come on guys, I know you have changed belts before??

What timing. I just changed all the belts on my wife's '83 300 SD yesterday. But had to put on a new alternator, so it came off anyway. As for the others, you can loosen the mounting bolts and then loosen the adjustor bolts. No need to remove anything. The way I learned this is by taking them off and then realizing that it was not required. I'm at work and cannot go pop the hood right now, so cannot give you a blow by blow description. If you haven't gotten the job done by evening, I'll take some pictures and walk you through it. Good luck.

brownrice78 · #2 09-14-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by John Schroader

What timing. I just changed all the belts on my wife's '83 300 SD yesterday. But had to put on a new alternator, so it came off anyway. As for the others, you can loosen the mounting bolts and then loosen the adjustor bolts. No need to remove anything. The way I learned this is by taking them off and then realizing that it was not required. I'm at work and cannot go pop the hood right now, so cannot give you a blow by blow description. If you haven't gotten the job done by evening, I'll take some pictures and walk you through it. Good luck.

Thanks a bunch John. I had to put everything together again and try it out again later this week. I had no problem getting the mounts loose and moved. The belts had major slack on them, but not enough for an easy taking off and putting on. I think they are the same size. The only difference is the new ones have grooves in them(conti), the older ones have a single groove.