Great photos. I love the "high tech" tools, especially the "paper clips" and the needle nose pliers. A few questions.

1. When you applied the "torque" to the needle nose pliers, did you do that with just the pliers? Or did you grab them with another wrench? And could you describe in words how hard you "wrenched" on the pliers?

2. I see that you replaced a lot of items with pretty new parts, but you chose to use the old tensioner. What was your reasoning for reusing that part?

3. Did you really turn the engine through two revs? If so, how did you rotate it? With the crank bolt?


'90 Montero XLS (Sold, sadly)
'95 Montero LS 160k
'03 Montero Limited 30k