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This is odd. I've been running EA82s since 1988, never seen this. I run NAPA fleet belts. Don't even remember the last time I had to buy them, they are still good, moved from car - car. Tighten the Alternator belt just tight enough so the alternator sheave doesn't slip when you try to turn it by hand. Not through the compression stroke, just in the slack time [angles] between. I found that it's good to re check the belt tensions after a short run if you have dual belts.

Why? AAA has a lot more data than you will ever accumulate. Average life on batteries is now 3-5 years. More demanding vehicles (newer) have shorter lives. The price of a battery pales in comparison to other operational costs like fuel and fluids. You have very limited choices with regard to battery replacements and alternator choices unless you want to spend a lot of money on an Odyssey and a DC Power Engineering alternator. You can get a 10-15 year battery life if you want to spend the money and if you are very lucky. At the end of the day the battery is an $85 part. Replace it every 3 to 5 years and move on. GD

Hope you have a lift. I've done many on my back, its not fun!

I'm also sorry to hear about your father. Mine is getting up there too and has fallen off of 2 ladders that have changed my Dad in ways only a son can understand. Please don't think what you write about fixing or what you have found out and put on the site is pointless. When looking how to do something, I look for your threads first. I like how thorough you are and with the pics too. It helps out a lot and please please don't stop the great work. Your Subie Brother across the globe, Naked Buell, aka Joe PS, I'm looking for the little plastic push on fasteners for the interior trim around your head, its in a 85 Brat. Not the common size, the little ones that slide onto the trim itself and then you just pop the interior piece on. Any ideas to find them? Amazon has the normal ones but I can't seem to find the little ones.