[Phil Hill]

the cambelt arrived !! Don't ask, it's a long story............ but it did come from Subaru parts dot com via a colleague in the US, so at least the price was reasonable !!

So now I have to pluck up the courage to do the job (car now has nearly 103K miles........) Is there anything I *really* need to be aware of, be careful about, that is a real PITA when doing this ??

I'll be using a friend's fully equipped 'shop, so a two post lift, air tools and the blue-tipped hot knife / heat source will be available..............

1. How easy/difficult do I expect the crank pulley to be ??
2. Do I need to make some clamps to hold the cam gears in place when the belt is off ??
3. Do I need to get the cam gears off assuming the seals aren't leaking ??
4. This damn hydraulic tensioner needs to come off to compress it right ??
5. Anything caught anybody else out while doing this job, as it's the wife's main car it can't be incapacitated for too long............

Any help would be appreciated !!

Phil.