you know what sucks?
#1
you know what sucks?
broken alternator belt. why couldn't it be the a/c belt?! it would have been so much easier to replace.
anyway, so i was getting on the highway from a side road, and decided to get on it just for fun. so i get to about 6000rpms in 1st gear and i hear this noise that sounds like a plastic bag blowing in the wind, and i smell burning rubber. no dash emergency lights come on. i pull over to the nearest store, and park it and pop the hood. first thought was wheelwell area. nothing. so then second thought is the belts. i look and they all look fine. deteriorating and in need of soon replacement, but they seemed fine. so i drive home so i can jack up the car and look underneath and i spot nothing. so i resume my trip to dinner and a movie with my girlfriend, and we get on the interstate and it makes that noise again, and my battery light comes on. at that point i knew what it was and turned around the next exit and parked it at home. err.
anyway, so i was getting on the highway from a side road, and decided to get on it just for fun. so i get to about 6000rpms in 1st gear and i hear this noise that sounds like a plastic bag blowing in the wind, and i smell burning rubber. no dash emergency lights come on. i pull over to the nearest store, and park it and pop the hood. first thought was wheelwell area. nothing. so then second thought is the belts. i look and they all look fine. deteriorating and in need of soon replacement, but they seemed fine. so i drive home so i can jack up the car and look underneath and i spot nothing. so i resume my trip to dinner and a movie with my girlfriend, and we get on the interstate and it makes that noise again, and my battery light comes on. at that point i knew what it was and turned around the next exit and parked it at home. err.
#2
I hate haveing something wrong and not identifying it right away. My girlfriend just expects nothing to ever go wrong since i know some things lol.
you should prolly get all the belts replaced since you got to change that one anyways. Also regrease the idler pulley. He can be a noisy freak.
you should prolly get all the belts replaced since you got to change that one anyways. Also regrease the idler pulley. He can be a noisy freak.
#4
do you have an online shop manual for your car? You can download it for free, it'll be easier to tell from the diagram. I want to say yes that's the one, but don't want a misinterpretation to end with something bad lol.
#6
The idler puller is used for adjusting the A/C belt tension. You need to loosen the center pulley bolt prior to adjusting belt tension. Then tighten the center bolt when finished with the adjustment.
#8
oh man u have to get the shop manual, blows haynes out the window. it's what the mechanics use to refer to. Should just take 5 min to download depending on dsl/dial up etc. Little bit of a PITA finding the right section (lot of them) but it's the most in depth how to you'll find.
Good luck, going to be tough cause of the space you have to work with, but with the right tools shouldn't be a problem.
Good luck, going to be tough cause of the space you have to work with, but with the right tools shouldn't be a problem.
#10
oh man u have to get the shop manual, blows haynes out the window. it's what the mechanics use to refer to. Should just take 5 min to download depending on dsl/dial up etc. Little bit of a PITA finding the right section (lot of them) but it's the most in depth how to you'll find.
Good luck, going to be tough cause of the space you have to work with, but with the right tools shouldn't be a problem.
Good luck, going to be tough cause of the space you have to work with, but with the right tools shouldn't be a problem.