Timing Belt Tensioner How To?

[LamboSE5]

It's actually pretty easy; people make it out to be a lot harder than it really is. Here you go courtesy of VS:

http://volvospeed.com/Repair/ManualTensioner.php

Link is dead...
... BUT, I think I found it. Thank you

[erikv11]

Lambo you have been bumping up a lot of threads from years ago. This one is 3 years old. That's why the link is dead at VS, they have reorganized their repair database. OP has 19 lifetime posts and likely doesn't visit here anymore, or in any case may not even remember why a particular comment was posted.

If you're going to bump threads from the archives, give it a little thought ...

[LamboSE5]

..Ok
My bad I guess.

[WarWagon]

Lambo, I see you're hitting my old posts and much to my suprise I am still here. In fact just did another timing belt two weeks ago, almost three years since my last fun. Anyway, couldn't make heads or tails of what you were looking for but let me know if I can offer assistance. Quick summary: the original post in 2009 was on a 1997 850 GLT I just completed the same job with the same Haynes manual on a 2006 S60. Hope I can offer you some assistance.
Mike

[C@lvin]

He he....I contributed to this post a couple of years ago and I am still lurking around here too. In fact, I haven't done any more timing belts since then but I am getting ready to do it on my 98 S70 (222K) so I am glad you "woke up" this old thread so I can review the instructions on the tensioner.

[rspi]

If you found a new link, you should send it to matt so he can get the post edited to work again. Many links on VolvoSpeed have been broken.

[LamboSE5]

Hey Mike, Thanks for posting.

I'm just about done with the parts car, and then I'll be able to have it dragged off and pull in the new S70 and start this TB Job.

I'm mainly concerned with properly implementing the Mechanical Tensioner, and doing the water pump correctly (I bought some "ultra blue RTV" sealant to ...help with installation, and maybe with sealing it and it's gasket better? As in Lee's write up)

I did finally find some information on the tensioner itself. But I don't know about the whole temperature thing. I work in a non-insulated garage in anywhere from -5 to -15ish Celcius. How the heck, I mean, am I supposed to account for that somehow?

The reason I ended up 'waking up old threads' is because I couldn't find any specifically relevant ones to my exact model, that had details about the tensioner stuff.
I can follow a Haynes, or a tutorial as far as "there are two 15mm bolts here, take them out. Now remove this..etc". But just saying "then, put in the tensioner and do with it what's supposed to be done with a tensioner" ..well, I wouldn't feel confident I wasn't going to destroy my engine.
Mostly what I found, lumped 850's up to latest s/v70's together but always either: was done on an 850 with a hydraulic tensioner & other differences, or was maybe on a 70 series car - but did nothing to help me understand what to do with the tensioner (for example)

Anyways, I wont go on about it. If you haven't found a link to some good help to at least explain something about the mechanical tensioner. I can post a link or two:
I just found this one, essentially what I have dl'd in PDF: www.underhoodservice.com/issue/article.aspx?contentid=41905
This is from a thread on thevolvoforums (where I posted as well):
..."Preparing for this work, I brushed up on the general procedure with the
Volvospeed, Bay 13 info for an 850. Let me just say that the 850 procedure
is really not relevant to the S70. I'm glad that Tim sent me the info, as it
helped out dramatically."

I like to be preemptive(?), I knew I'd get to the tensioner part and have questions and have to turn to MVS. Just figured I'd try and get the info before I hit a problem.