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Dr.Ed:
could be the "spider" unit causing trouble, fix here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stage1v8/TechnicalSpider.htm

on the fan belt front, can you just "hook" it over the last pulley? if so you can pull it onto the pulley completely by turning the engine over by hand - may have to use a long ratchet bar on the crank as you've got an auto!

muddyjames:
Tried to do the hook the belt over trick but just cant quiet get it on. With holding the belt tensioner up, which I eneded up doing with dog leads on a breaker bar down to the wheel to hold it in place and also asking my lodger in his work clothes to hold the bar I couldn't do it. I tried every pulley except the engine one as there was veg oily waterl on the floor from where I took some water pipes off to get better access.

Is a new belt always a tight fit or have I been given the wrong belt? should there be play when it first goes on or is a new belt always very tight and stretches a little to be the correct length?

bilge rat:
hi james glad you getting things sorted , there is two belts listed on the 300 engine . so i guess thats your prob . the spider is a pain or can be . i re soldered mine but you can by pass it iff you want . rover even do a bypass plug i have the no somewhwere iff you need it but you have to strip the ctr of the dash out to fit it . there is another way involves re wiring  a couple of relays dont think its difficult . good luck ..will i see ya at billing then ?. alan....

muddyjames:
I looked at Dr Eds link and it shows all the dash appart. What a nightmare. Will stick to my way for now I think!

Cant make billing this year as I go on hols on saturday and busy on friday with dog to vets for stitches out. Gutted.

Disco Matt:
The alarm spider fix doesn't take that long - the main finger-hurting bits in my experience are removing the coin tray and clock. Apart from that if you work slowly and methodically it will be fine.

Can sympathise on the belt, I spent about fifteen minutes this morning wrestling with the self-tensioning thing on mine so I could get the aircon drive belt off. The idler bearing on the compressor is still making horrible noises and as I won't be able to get it to the main dealer for a month or so I've pulled the belt off for now.

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