[V8] Alt R&R

[Mike Del Tergo]

Why would I follow the belt removal procedure when I wanted to do the alt?!  
Some time I can not see the forrest for the trees!  I suspect an amalgam of 
the procedures will ber attempted on reinstall sometime tomorrow.  Ron's 2 
cents re removing the fans makes all the sense as it'll sure make access to 
the front bolt MUCH easier.  Basically they have to carve a nitch in the 
surrounding mount so a socket could fit, no wat to get a wrench on it.
thx
Mike

>If you followed the "Bentley" belt removal procedure--including inserting 
>the locking pin in the tensioner while pulling on the belt to move the 
>tensioner plate--you'd have no trouble figuring out the installation.  
>That's probably why there's no installation description.  So if you put a 
>13 mm wrench on the acorn nut on the front of the tensioner plate, you can 
>pull up (counter clockwise) and relieve tension enough to find that locking 
>hole and stick a nail in there.  Then the belt goes on fairly easily.
>
>Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com> wrote:  Sounds like what I am 
>looking for, though I'd guess if I can compress the
>tensioner enough, slipping it back over the non ribbed roller would be a 
>bit
>easier than over the A/C compressor? We'll see. I can't believe its not in
>the Bentley. Nice diagram of the belt system though, I'll use that to try
>and figure the correct leverage.

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