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Message: <blockquote data-quote="someotherguy" data-source="post: 20038" data-attributes="member: 6178">06-06-2018 the "GM Genuine" headlights I bought just a year ago are already peeling on the clearcoat.  The driver side pictured here is a warranty unit that I had swapped out because when I tried to adjust the previous one, the head on the adjuster screw shattered.  Folks don't waste your money; GM has these made in China now and you spend practically 3x the price of decent aftermarket (TYC)[ATTACH=full]1104[/ATTACH]06-10-2018 So this happened today, on way home and A/C chucked the belt. Was cooling fine but making a noise; may just be the tensioner which the compressor has its own along with its own belt. Not fun being a black truck in Texas summer with no A/C so it looks like the 300 will be my daily til I get a chance to mess with this...[ATTACH=full]1105[/ATTACH]06-13-2018 new GMT900-style stretch belt installed, 2nd tensioner deleted[ATTACH=full]1106[/ATTACH]Part # for the belt.. and don't bother with that Gates stretch-belt installation tool; didn't work for me as it wouldn't fit over the crank pulley.  I got the job done easily by using zip ties to secure the belt to the pulley, worked it around til it slipped on, then cut them off.[ATTACH=full]1107[/ATTACH]A quick edit trying to keep stuff in chronological order-10-05-2018 Starter began crapping out, then quit entirely - a day before UPS showed up with my new one. Had to drive the work truck home.  Head in next day with new starter and tools ready to swap it at end of my shift. Few hours into my shift, bossman tells me, "your truck is fixed." Huh? He had picked up a new starter and had our mechanic swap it.  Now I've got a spare starter to put on the shelf, and a bunch of hassle saved. Can ya beat that?[ATTACH=full]1131[/ATTACH]Richard</blockquote>