97 wagon, 33Kmi. anything i should know?

[sixleggedinsect]

Originally Posted by AzTumbleweed

Yes, I had to remove the motor mount.

i did too. it still didnt make it easy. and i had a jack under the engine to raise it.

Now that I know how to do it it's not that hard. But, I'll share another one of my screwups. After I got my new belt on the water pump started squeeling. The car had about 200,000 miles on it so I decided to go get another water pump. When I got the old water pump off I found that it was fine. When I had first put the new belt on I didn't think the automatic belt tensioner was pulling hard enough so I 'helped' it with a pry bar The extra tension caused the squeeling.

when i did my t belt, i did the water pump at the same time. i think both of them had been replaced reasonably recently, becuase they were both in great shape. oh well, i figured i already bought hte parts and spent all this time pulling everything off, i might as well put the new ones in.. (sigh)

With 10 years and 200,000 miles they were in remarkable shape but I got the piece of mind of knowing I had all new hoses. My car has spent most of it's life on the desert. I bought it from a girl in Death Valley. It's amazing how good the rubber hoses and bels have held up.

i dont know much about desert car maintenance, but i was under the faint impression that the desert was hard on rubber, and nothing else. maybe those hoses had been changed out in the last couple years?

anyways, like i said, i dont know much. my sum knowlegde is from talking to two desert car mechs a few months ago. just about diddly.