Re: P.O.S....

["Arun Rao" <rao@quattro>]

On Feb 9, 11:07pm, Al Powell wrote:
> Subject: P.O.S....
 It took me more than an hour
> just to get the damn belts loose!  Lord knows whether I will ever get
> them back on.  I had to cut the AC belt off, as the one on there was
> so short that the compressor was already bottomed on the oil
> pan...and the toothed adjuster was thoroughly savaged.

	I'm not sure, but I think you missed the four (?) bolts on
	the A/C compressor mounting bracket which allow it to be
	moved inwards (towards the engine). The belt comes off with
	no trouble if you do that.


>
> To remove the
> cover plate, you have to pull the gear off the end of the cam!!

	Hmm ... they must have changed the design a *lot* on the 200's:
	on my 5KT, you don't have to remove the gear to remove the cover
	plate.


[...]
	You seem to have had a lot rougher time with this than I did,
	Al ... it was no picnic for me, but I encountered no show-stoppers
	of the kind you describe: it just took a while. In light of what
	you say, maybe I should reconsider doing my '91 200Q.


	Good luck!

	-Arun

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