[Waderider]

So the Volvo tool for fitting the stretch belt to my V70 costs £171!

Will someone please enlighten me how they carried out this job? - what tool they used, or what bodge they used?

In my dream world one of my posts is going to attract the reply "I bought Gates tool number xxxx, and it did the job on my 2011 D3 where there is electro-hydraulic steering and hence an idler wheel shared with the serpentine aux belt for the stretch belt to slip onto."

Thanks......