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Thank you to everyone that posted a reply to my call for help. For the record: I had fully retracted and locked the tensioner. It was a two person job. The belts were Beck Arnley aftermarket. I chose them because they carry a lifetime guarantee. I really don't want to be doing this again anytime soon. The belts were routed correctly, but the pictures provided and some of the comments pointed out my error. The sequence of installation really does matter. I was mentally stuck on getting the belt on over the tensioner last. That won't work. there isn't enough slack to get over the lip. When I saw the beveled face of the cam sprockets, things started making sense. If you save the cam for last it's not hard at all. Both belts went on in about 10 minutes today. I did notice a big difference between the two tensioner springs. The drivers side spring was much stiffer than the passenger side. Thanks again for the help. Alan

I'm in the middle of replacing the timing belts on my 87 GL-10 wagon and I've run into a problem. I can't get the driver side belt on. I might be able to do it, if i take the tensioner pulley off and re-install it after the belt is in place. If I do that, i'll never be able to get the tensioner spring back on. I'd appreciate any hints from those who've done this job before. Thanks, Alan

I have an 87 GL-10 1.8L, SPFI, Non turbo. I started her up after being parked at the beach for about 4 hours and within a2 minutes, every light on the Digi dash lit up, but otherwise it ran fine. I decided to make a run for home. Within a mile, the dash cleared. 8 miles later, it lit up again and the engine died. It's still dead even though we've had hot dry weather for over a week. On the advice of several memebers of the board, I had the alternator tested (10.6 V) and replaced, and thoroughly clrened all the connectors in the engine compartment. Several were pretty badly corroded. My guess is that a corrosion caused short damaged the regulator and something else, but i don't know what. The only wiring diagrams i have are pretty sketchy Can anyone suggest a next step? Thanks!

About 5 minutes after starting up, every indivator light on my GL 10's dash lit up, but otherwise everything was normal. I decided to try fro home, and after about a mile, everyhting returned to normal. 8 miles later, the dash lit up again and the engine died. My guess is that an accumulation of salt on a connector shorted one of the computers. Thre problem is identiifying and locating the affected box. Any suggestions?