Can any one tell me how to change my alternator belt on my 83' 300D?

mike

This is the manual section for changing the belts on your car:

http://mb.braingears.com/123_DISK2/program/Engine/617/13-340.pdf

You'll have to remove all your belts to get to your alternator belt (Power steering, A/C). Because of this, you may want to consider replacing all your belts. Your car has two alternator belts., by the way.

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1989 300E 144K

I can't open the link you gave me?

Some browsers don't do well on that site. If you send me a PM with your e-mail address I can e-mail the pdf to you (it's about 1MB).

Try IE (if you aren't already).

I just did this job 2 months ago. It is a PITA but sure wish MB would do the double belt on the alternator/water pump on their more recent models..great redundancy that has been lost in the modern serpentine belt.

3 bolts holding PS pump (13 mm I think), 3 bolts holding AC compressor (17mm). All components have adjuster bolts so relatively simple to set back into place..just some of the fixing bolts are in hard to get spots (e.g. behind fuel filter).

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)

Yeah, this is one of those jobs that should only take 1/2 hour, but will probably take 2 hours the first time. I did mine a few weeks a go in a hotel parking lot when one of the alternator belts broke 2000 miles from home.

Where do you start?

My A/C is not working currently so I will only need to replace the powersteering and alternator belt?

If you don't have a AC belt, you need to remove the power steering belt first. As I recall you need to loosen three 13 mm bolts, then you can loosen the belt with the adjuster bolt. Once thats out of the way, you need to loosen the two alternator bolts, and loosen the adjuster on the alternator. Then you can remove/install the belts over the fan.