Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:11:57 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <jvaljeannospamamcharter.net> wrote in message news:bWiUd.13947$5g.12122nospam.lga... > This is supposedly a homemade tool, yet I think an indy once showed > me one he bought. Anyone know where that might be? > > Second thought: How hard is it to relax that tensioner? I thought I > might go with having a friend do that instead. > > Third, how difficult is it to replace also the idler and tensioner > pulleys myself, once I've done that? > > Finally, Is there anything else I might do, too, while I'm in there? > The car has just 120k miles on it, though, as well. Thank you, too. > I made the tool per the instructions at quasimotors' web site: http://www.quasimotors.com/belt_tool.htm Makes it much easier. You still need to move the tensioner by hand and then install the tool to hold it from relaxing while you are changing the belt. -Fred W