Although I'm far from a mechanic, I'm always willing to try something. With that said, I went to go tighten my AC belt to see if it would fix some squealing noise I was getting. Of course I forgot to loosen the nut holding the pulley in place and the plastic tensioner broke thereafter. The local mechanic shop offered to fix it for ~$200... yeah right!

 

I ordered the plastic piece which broke which came with a new pulley, $10 with shipping. After that the entire pulley came out so I could replace the parts:

 

 

Thanks to my friend rust, I broke a tool in the process. Fortunately I was able to replace everything:

 

 

Unfortunately since I broke my tool, I wasn't able to tighten it back in the car. My dumbass decides to drive with it loose and a bolt came loose vanishing onto the German highways. I was going to order the part and wait about 2-3 weeks for delivery (after searching junk yards with no luck), but I remembered a Subaru dealership near me. After heading to the dealership and buying the part for 1 euro (and giving him a 4 euro tip), I was finally able to complete the project:

 

 

 

Estimate by repair shop - $200

 

My costs:

-$10 for parts

-$5 for more parts

-$10 for new tool set

Total $25 + new tool set + additional replaced part

 

 

Glad you have fixed it lol you seemed pretty stressed out the day everything seemed to go wrong, now sit back and spend the saved money on beer

goodluck dealer

Nice shoes.

alfa shoes

Nice Job!

Pictures of your car babe

Easy fix... ;)

 

 

Haha I hate those moments when you decide you're gonna fix something yourself and it all goes wrong. But its definitely always worth it in the end. 

haha! Nicely done man!

Need a new friend called PB Blaster to take care of that rust ;D (Or any other Penetrating Lubricant)

Edited March 16, 201510 yr by dudeami

nice

Cars are easy with the right guidance!

 

Good luck baby