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I have 90-98 Haynes manual. It list the tensioner mounting bolts as 17-20 ft-lb for 90-97 and 26-32 ft-lb for 98. I would assume a 99 would be the same as a 98. Make sure you move all the way toward the idler pulley before you torque it and release it. The idler pulley is listed as 26-32 ft-lb for years 90-98. Hope this helps Ty

Thanks everyone for your help. I rechecked all the electrical connections and double checked the vacuum hoses. I found no problems so I hooked up a timing light and found it was 8-10 degrees out of time. I removed the timing belt covers and found it had jumped a tooth on the driver's side cam gear. I reset the belt and also found the tensioner was all the way to the driver's side in the slotted holes. This was my mistake when I replaced the timing belt a year ago when the keyway stripped out on the crankshaft and crankshaft pulley. I do not believe I had moved it all the way toward the idler pulley before releasing it. Again, thanks for the help. Ty

I just ran across this forum this last week. I am in the process of changing the clutch and pressure plate in my son's '97 legacy wagon with 110,000 miles on it. The dowel pins were seized and created quite a problem. I finally got the transmission and engine apart and found the clutch was saturated with oil from a leak in the plastic oil separator cover. We removed the flywheel and replaced this with a new aluminum cover and reinstalled the flywheel/new pressure plate & clutch/transmission. In the process we turned the engine to assist in the alignment of the transmission shaft. After this we reconnected all the electrical connectors and etc. and tried to start the engine. The engine ran extremely rough at a high idle and appeared to be very rich. It would stall when idling or accelerating above the high idle point. There no codes registering on the 5-10 minutes of run time. Any thoughts on this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated.