Detension for bad spelers?

[C M Smith <cmsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Irregardless of those who desire to add to the lexicon, Alfa Romeo in 
writing their 1991 model year shop manual for the guidance of we benighted 
"english" speakers, AND EVEN IN TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH from whatever 
language the manual is originally written in for the North American market 
(perhaps including Mexico, who knows?), refers to the component responsible 
for maintaining correct tension in the Timing Belt as a belt tightener. 
Now, agreed that this term applies to the hydraulic belt tightener. Who 
knows what Alfa calls the mechanical version?

I say the brilliant engineers who designed and manufactured the fabulous 
timing belt system should receive full credit for devising the correct 
terminology to describe it. This is particularly the case since there does 
not seem to be a correct tension for this component. There is however a 
correct tightening torque to be utilized for tightening the tightener.

It is strictly speaking neither a tensioner nor de-tensioner, it is 
simply  a "tightener".

Now, can we girls go back to what we were doing before?

Those who cannot spell shall be required to be detained by appropriately 
tightened detensioners in detension after 'ours.

Cheers
Michael Smith
White 1991 164L
Original owner
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