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Daughter brought home the Blue Car with the alternator belt so loose I can rotate the alternator and the belt slides over the pulley on the crank.
I have to say this is one part of the 164 I hate. Why didn't Alfa just have the alternator swing on a little steel bracket like everyone else? The stupid aluminum sliding plate is held down by something like 4 bolts, one of which is long and passes through a bracket that holds the bottom of the alternator.
This bolt terminates in a nut under the exhaust manifold, making adjustment of the sliding plate a bear if you don't have a lift. A captive nut on the back end of this bolt would make this whole job a lot easier. Especially as this bolt is not the pivot point (which is up high) but instead is located in one of the slots of the sliding plate.
Its 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside. I am charging the battery so that tomorrow it can go to the corner shop that has a heated work space and a lift.
Daughter also reporting other electrical glitches, including intermittent tachometer and radio. But with voltage now below 12 volts, these may go away when the belt is re-tightened or replaced.
Sigh!
OBTW: Happy New Year, all!
I have to say this is one part of the 164 I hate. Why didn't Alfa just have the alternator swing on a little steel bracket like everyone else? The stupid aluminum sliding plate is held down by something like 4 bolts, one of which is long and passes through a bracket that holds the bottom of the alternator.
This bolt terminates in a nut under the exhaust manifold, making adjustment of the sliding plate a bear if you don't have a lift. A captive nut on the back end of this bolt would make this whole job a lot easier. Especially as this bolt is not the pivot point (which is up high) but instead is located in one of the slots of the sliding plate.
Its 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside. I am charging the battery so that tomorrow it can go to the corner shop that has a heated work space and a lift.
Daughter also reporting other electrical glitches, including intermittent tachometer and radio. But with voltage now below 12 volts, these may go away when the belt is re-tightened or replaced.
Sigh!
OBTW: Happy New Year, all!