i need to know how to take off the nut holding on the alt pulley... because if you try to unscrew it the alt just spins... i know one way is an impact gun, but thats somethign i dont have, so does anyone know of any other way?

 

put the pully in a vise and then try to turn the nut...

leave the belt on the pully, put the tranny in 3rd...turn the nut...

go to a shop near you nd ask them to hit it with the impact...

 

Put the belt back on, tighten it up. Now the pulley will resist spinnig. Crack it loose, then take off the belt. Now you can take the pulley completely off.

Graham

 

Not really. Why do you want to take it off? Got a dual pulley? Most shops would be happy to do it for ya, most of em shouldnt charge ya.

On a second note, you might TRY a belt wrench, but I doubt it will hold.

 

OMFG, flubyu on AIM told me to stick a screwdriver in there where the cooling fins are to keep it from spinning, so i tried it just now, and it sparked like crazy once i got it in deep and now i have 0 voltage and the car wont start and my alarm isnt working anymore... what did i just do? did i fry the alt or the battery?

 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

YOU proly poped your main fuse. check it and see.

 

oh lord...I can't believe you listen to anything flubyu says...lmao!!!

Yes...you prolly just blew one of your main fuses. Look at your fuse thing and check them all out...if the alt was still mounted why didn't you tighten the belt up really good and break the nut loose?

 

i think i did blow the main fuse... i tried pulling it out and it wont budge, all im doing is pulling off the plastic part of it and he metal fuse part is staying put... what should i do? how much does a new fuse cost? and where can i get it? **** man...

 

LMAO!!!! HAHAHA...j/k...dude..get yourself a lil tech book.

The main fuse is bolted in. You have to pull the fuse block to be able to pull the main fuse. After you unbolt it and take the 3 (?) wire harness clips off the bottom you'll see to panels on the sides in the vacinity of the main fuse. Open those panels to see the nuts.

this is funny...oh god...I only stopped short of breaking out the actelyne torch when I went to pull my first one...the lil biotch!... :P

 

The main fuse has a 10mm bolt on each side of the fuse box. Pop the side covers open with a flat head

And you can generally run to a junkyard and grab an 80amp fuse. They dont even charge me for fuses here.

 

not at this hour though...hey we all gotta learn some time...i tried pulling it out with a pair of plyers and when the metal on the plyers connected with the 2 fuse pieces the alarm started to go off, so it got the power back like that...

this reminds me of when i first got the car... the fuse wasnt even in there, it was just soldered together...

nobody is open this time of night huh? ****... where else besides a junk yard can i pick up a fuse? and does it have to be 80?

 

Mine is 100...but 80 is the general

 

ok but where can i buy one? and how much did it cost?

 

Pretty much any auto parts store should have one.

 

ic, ok ill get that fixed first thing in the morning...

i didnt mess up my alt did i? i just got that **** rebuilt, dont want to fork over another 100 to get it rebuilt again...

 

No I did the samething as you, after it bent a few fins I thought it broke the alt. So I took an impact to it and then got it tested. Still charges perfectly upto 80 amps.

 

yeah but when i stuck the screwdriver in there it sparked real bad so i yanked it out...and the sparks came from the alt...

 

Use a 1/2" breaker bar for the bolt on the alt. and a gear puller. Usually you can rent them from a tool rental place or check them out from an auto parts store. If you have to, use wd40 or PB blaster. U might want to unplug the alt. from the car or unhook the battery. Then you should be able to use the screw driver again, dont bend the fins to much.

 

http://www.interneticon.com/howto/dual_belt.htm

 

yeah thats with an impact gun which i dont have, but i think im just going to take it to signal and have them do it since im going there anyways...

 

lmao, ya, next time you do ANYTHING electeral you need to unplug your battery, that will help prevent ageanst any uneeded sparks the belt and 3rd gear idea is a good one, thats what i did, good luck.....btw the fuses are on;y like 5 bucks, nothing big.....

 

yeah i just took it to pep boys and they did it for free, so i tipped the guy 5 bucks... they were koo about it, only bad thing was that i had to take out the alt completely cause they arent allowed to loan out tools... only thing that im kinda worried about is the voltage is lower now at idle... but right when you touch the gas it goes back up to 14.... so i dunno

and what REALLY sucks, is that it doesnt backfire what-so-ever now!!?? wtf... i thought i read on here somewhere with the airpump gone it does it even more... ah well, i still have yet to really push the car, but i still almost went to redline and got nothing...

 

you're upset because it didn't backfire?

 

Any time you do ANY work on your car, disconnect the negative battery cable. Even if its not electrical, things can still happen.

 

thats because you drive a NA