god damn mother f'ing !a/c - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

Savage_Messiah · 01-13-2006, 04:22 PM

So yesterday I was trying to get the belt on... 60" wasnt doing it, 61" had way too much slack, and so I was trying everything I could think of the get the 60.5" in...

Well nothing was working out, and by nothing I mean alt couldnt go low enough, wouldnt slide over the water pump, screwdrivers wouldnt work on either pulley, couldnt stretch it, friend started thinking crazy and we tried using a hairdryer to heat it up and stretch it lol... then I started thinking crazy: take the alternator off, get the belt around it, then fanagle the alt back on... well, I looked at the power to the alt and said OK thers enough room to pull but was thinking too crazy and stupid to unplug the connector for the ground. Yanked the alt up, theres barely enough wire in the connector to tel where it goes, and the guage is thin as all hell so splicing may prove too difficult... gonna hope/see if my friend can come over and solder it tomorrow. Might see if I can get another connector and wire that up so I don't have to worry about the tiny peice of wire remaining in the connector... ugh. pissed now. what a damn project this turned out to be

that was what I posted yesteday on ftv6... update now is that only a deler or junkyard would carry it so I called the dealer, and they had a 4 wire conenctor for the alt... thing is that mine is a 4 wire conenctor with only 1 wire, theirs has 4 wires. Probably could make that work but I couldn't get a ride there.

There's not enough wire in the conenctor to wourk with, abotu 1 mm or less, and I tried to pull it out with needlenose pliers but ripped out a copper strand and that was it.

Might be able to poultryrig the wire fromt he harness back onto that little stub, ill call my friend over later with his soldering kit see what he thinks... that or just attach the wire right to a prong on the alt...

god damn PITA project piece of ****....

Savage_Messiah · 01-13-2006, 04:27 PM

my dad just picked one up at united auto parts in teaneck... thank f'in god

The Fixer · 01-13-2006, 04:42 PM

Good deal man! You coulda called for a ride, I get out of work at 3PM most days.

I saw your car up on the jackstands too, but didn't see you outside, otherwise I woulda stopped by.

V · 01-13-2006, 04:48 PM

i cant wait for it to be like 105 degrees this summer, lol

Savage_Messiah · 01-13-2006, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TPI Monte SS

Good deal man! You coulda called for a ride, I get out of work at 3PM most days.

I saw your car up on the jackstands too, but didn't see you outside, otherwise I woulda stopped by.

damn I forgot!! oh well, business lost from fisher chevy is not really a bad thing lol.

Yea she was on the ramps overnight