randallscott27

I didn't think it was a "good deal". I was furious when my wife told me about it. I just thought before I chewed the guy's head off, I'd calm down, check around, and ask others if breaking the bolt on the tensioner is ever "excusable", or likely to happen. I've replaced the serpentine belt on my old Dodge van several times without any problems. Should have done this job myself.

Last week, a local shop replaced the serpentine belt on my 2001 IS 300 (104K). They broke the bolt on the tensioner and then installed a brand new tensioner, splitting the cost with me. My portion was around $98.00. I took the part home, looked at it, and it seems to me that they could have just replaced the broken bolt instead of a whole new tensioner. Does that sound right, or am I missing something?

If you want to take it out, you will need to start from the top. I don't know what year you have so... but anyhow. Its really easy to pull out, the only crap part is that you need to take out some other things to get to it. Its screwed in there nice and tidy. The work over all should take no more than an hour. If you are planning on getting an after market, make sure you get a mount too. =T But if you really want to take it out, I will give you some more detail on it or you can look up on a UK site <-- someone told me that after I dealt with the same problem as you. But you don't need a new CD player. After you get in there you can pop the CDs right now and put it back in and it will work. :whistles:

You mention a UK site with info on how to remove the CD player. What is the site please? I disconnected my battery and after re-connecting there was no power to my CD player except for the "Load CD" button. It flashed yellow for awhile and then quit. When I press the CD button, eject button, etc., nothing shows up on the screen.