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Hi,
Here are a few things that I found made the job easier:
At some tool stores you may find a quarter or 3/8 in. socket drive to fit into the drill like a power screwdriver bit. I bought mine at Wal-Mart. (hey, it was on clearance) If you chuck this into a drill it makes very short work of your alternator belt tension adjustment. It's also makes short work of using big stove pipe hose clamps to clamp the battery to the battery tray. :-> Wal-Mart has a speeder socket drive that looks like a regular socket drive with a T-handle at the end. Turn the handle and spin the socket. This works great on the air conditioner belt tension adjustment.
If you happen to have bought your new belt at Autozone, it was probably made by Kelly and the timing marks on the belt will line up if the print on the belt is upside-down as seen from the front of the engine.
I use a piece of metal braced against the floor and jammed against the metal "blocks" on the torque converter to immobilize the crank shaft so I can get the pulley off. don't forget you'll have to move your brace to the other side to tighten and torque the crank pulley.
And here's the *BIG* tip:
Check your been timing belt tension pulley. It's another $46 new from Voluparts, but if it's bad, your new timing belt will break in a mile.
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