12v 164 water pump and belt tensioner tool

["Obie Fayth" <bibendum59@domain.elided>]

Hi All,
	I'm in the process of doing some routine maintenance on my '91 164. The 
previous owner didn't have any records so I'm doing all the things that I 
think have been neglected (replace t-belt, tensioner, adjust valves, motor 
mounts, belts, change fluids, shifter bushings, steering rack boots). I took 
the accessory belts off and noticed the water pump has a little bit of play 
in the shaft. Is this normal? It doesn't leak and isn't noisy, but I'm 
wondering if I should replace it anyway since I have everything torn apart. 
As far as I know it is the original and the car has 87k on it. How long are 
these good for? I'd rather not replace it if I don't need to, but I don't 
want to have to do the job a few thousand miles down the road either.
	Any tips on how to loosen the power steering pump mounting bolts? Those 
things look almost impossible to get to. Also, does anyone have the 
dimentions for the factory accesory belt tensioner tool? Length, hight of 
center block?

thanks in advance,
-Obie
Tacoma, WA.
'91 164S


_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

--
to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi
or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided