PowerMaster alt install problem

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kursplat

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this is just a heads up if anyone else try's to mix the same parts as me. i did a quick look and didn't see anything here. swapping out my clutch fan for a contour fans and went with a powermaster 7569. i have March pulleys, and ordered this one as it already had a ribbed pulley installed. hang it on the brackets and there's 3/8" alignment issue. didn't notice at first, but the front ear is a little thicker than a stock one, and the pulley has a different spacing than the March one. great :rolleyes:... i could have swapped the pulley and ground down the spacer tube, but i didn't really feel like dissembling my new alternator, and ending up needing the warranty.
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i ended up making some spacers to move the new alternator forward so the front ear lines up with the bracket instead of behind it. also made a slightly longer adjustment rod.
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haven't run it yet, need to do the wiring tomorrow. once i'm sure this is going to work i'll take it apart and make it look a little better.
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this is just a heads up if anyone else try's to mix the same parts as me. i did a quick look and didn't see anything here. swapping out my clutch fan for a contour fans and went with a powermaster 7569. i have March pulleys, and ordered this one as it already had a ribbed pulley installed. hang it on the brackets and there's 3/8" alignment issue. didn't notice at first, but the front ear is a little thicker than a stock one, and the pulley has a different spacing than the March one. great :rolleyes:... i could have swapped the pulley and ground down the spacer tube, but i didn't really feel like dissembling my new alternator, and ending up needing the warranty.
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i ended up making some spacers to move the new alternator forward so the front ear lines up with the bracket instead of behind it. also made a slightly longer adjustment rod.
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haven't run it yet, need to do the wiring tomorrow. once i'm sure this is going to work i'll take it apart and make it look a little better.
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing this. I will add this FWIW. V belts are "more forgiving" then serpentine style belts. That said, IMO, serpentine belts are more efficient then V belts. Good for you for figuring out yet one more short coming the aftermarket gives us "old Mopar" guys. I give you all the credit sir!
 
Good for you for figuring out yet one more short coming the aftermarket gives us "old Mopar" guys. I give you all the credit sir!
i don't know that i look at it as a short coming, i just assume anything other than stock parts going on the car they were originally meant for, is going to involve a little hot rodding to fit :lol:
 
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