Re: hydraulic pump drive-belt adjustment

[Wolff <wolff_b@ix.netcom.com>]

Phil Rose wrote:
> 
> Today it came time to do a "quick and easy" adjustment intended to reduce
> the squeaking that seemed to come from the hydraulic pump pulley of my '91
> 200q. Never came so close to quitting a job in disgust and frustration, but
> got it done--adjusting (loosening) the drive belt.
> 
> The first step, loosening (or tightening) the rear-facing clamping bolt of
> the adjuster, is im-freakin'-possible to do from directly above, although
> removing the radiator might help a little :-) Anyway, after 20 or 30
> minutes of trying various lengths and angles of approach, I found a
> workable combination--> a 10" extension plus a universal joint on my 3/8"
> ratchet allowed access from the backside _if_ inserted precisely at a point
> just above the front end of the auxilliary turbo coolant pump.
> 

You figured out the way I used to do it. Since my pump rebuild this
weekend I figured out that is actually not hard to take the hoses off
which leaves plenty of room to use a regular wrench. Of course, you have
to suck the pentosin out of the reservoir first.
HTH,
Wolff