My M103 was in an 88, and I know I changed the belt, but I can't
remember any details. I don't remember it being particularly bad or
hard.
Thanks, Don.
I have looked at the manual and the individual parts (tensioner) to
get a better idea of where everything is located.
I am pretty sure I can find it once I get under the hood and look
closely. It's just not as obvious as some of the earlier M103
engines that I recall, or the diesels. It's a really tight place to
work in, and I want to be careful and not go in there and break
something...
On a related note, and for today's humor:
For whatever reason, on Friday I was really stressing out about
replacing this belt and the possibility that it might break before I
got the replacement from Rusty. I called him mid-day on Friday and
played voice mail tag with him without ever talking directly to him.
While I knew that he would come through, I was just envisioning my
son in the car with it dead on the side of the road....
I slept poorly on Friday night and had several dreams, none of which
were significant. However, in one of the dreams I was walking down
a street when I came upon the 300E parked on the side. Why I did
this, I don't know, but I unlocked the car and got into the
passenger side and sat down, like I was waiting on someone. I
turned to my left, looking over the driver's side of the car, and on
the dash in front of the steering wheel was a Febi box (why Febi?
Who knows? Its a dream!)
I opened the box, and inside was the poly-V belt for the car and an
invoice from Rusty!
I don't recall anything beyond that - maybe I was able to go back to
a deep sleep because I knew I would get my belt....
So the "Q" comes through - even in my dreams!
Dan
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