Alternator belts

[juryrigger007]

You said it was a crate engine, off of ebay? Were the bottom pulleys already on it? I'm wondering if perhaps one of the small backing plates is missing (not visible--behind the main pulley). Could that sort of thing keep your pulleys/belt from being "true"? Also, that is the cleanest alternator that I've ever seen on a festy. Is it original? Aftermarket? Could there also be an alignment issue there?

Just offering guesses. Do you have a spare "original" festiva alternator? I'd try that first, since it is easiest. Next thing is to pull the crank pulley, and verify the "shim" plates (for lack of a better word) are there. I think there are two...

One last ignorant (almost insulting) question: Have you verified that whatever belt the McParts store has given you is the right one? Lord knows that I've been burnt by several places...

Good Luck,

Scott

[hawkdoc60]

The engine did not have any pulleys on it. I transferred the crank pulley directly from the old engine to the new engine with the shim stack up the same. I questioned that myself and reverified the correct setup using the maintenance manual.