I finally got my belt back on. It was more difficult that the same project on a 103.

Some notes:

This tensioner did not have the 19mm bolt going through it. It had a 10mm allen.

It was extremely difficult loosening the bolt. I used a 3/8 inch allen socket attached to a 3/8 inch breaker. I thought I was going to strip that fitting. Fortunately the steel is very hard. I finally got that familiar crack sound and then used a 3/8 inch ratchet attached to the allen to loosen it.

The 13mm brass fitting is standard righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

Getting the belt back on proved to be difficult. Finally I got the belt around every pulley except for the power steeriIng pully. I tried different ways to get it over the pulley, but resorted to a 16-18 inch pry bar which gave me leverage against the pulley and the front cross-member frame.

It seems to me that with the 103 I just needed a simple screwdriver to leverage the belt.

I tightened the belt based on feel. There is no pointer per se.

You don't really stretch the belt while putting it on...the crow bar gives you leverage to move the spring loaded tensioner the final half inch or so to get the belt on.

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1989 300ce 129k
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1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



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