With several drivers in the family, and a newbie driver on the way, vehicle maintenance is a rather sore topic at Fairway Academy. We bought our first Saab in 1995 and the disease has simply worsened since then. The current fleet includes a couple of Saab 9000 models. Changing the serpentine belt has always been an adventure since we don’t have the special tool used to either compress or retain the automatic belt tensioner. Faced with some significant work on the latest addition to the fleet I finally decided to try to obtain one of these devices. Failing that, the next step was to simply build one of our own. It came out so well, at least as nice as the official Saab tool used to compress the tensioner, that I had a request right away from someone if I could also make one for them. Well, here it is:
Saab 9000 belt tensioner compression tool
I have a few of these made up and enough material on hand for a few more. If you are interested in obtaining one ($20USD incl. shipping in USA) please send a message to the administrator at jeffs@fairwayacademy.org.
Update, June 2011: I have been able to fulfill all backorders and have a couple extra tools left over for immediate shipment if anyone is interested in obtaining one of these tools.