YapaKanichi

OK well I got my alternator and double grooved aluminum pulley from the people who stole them. Well I installed them, BTW I don't have on the driveshaft pulley(aluminum one) and well the car has been running quite odd. Skipping and stuff. I was idling at like 1500 and now it's at about 900. I don't understand, could I have messed up the timing, damaged the ignition system, I don't know. I was using a screw driver to pry up on the alternator so I could tighten the belts. Also, the belts aren't both tight, only one is. The one is on there, but the other tight.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER....a lot....prosper over and over.

YapaKanichi

bump for help

Kentetsu

I assume that you have already re-checked all of the connections around your alternator?

YapaKanichi

lol yea I did that. could the lighter pulley be to blame?

Rx7Kidd

nope, shouldnt really be a problem, what you might wanna check is the size differents any size difference you should check the timing first.

YapaKanichi

well the only person I trust to work on my car now is CARL. Yes Carl is the ****. I went the easy way instead of towing the car to him and I got f'ed over. The only problem is I can't have ample time to get to Carl. Plus Communication is a bitch.

But is the pulley smaller or bigger? I don't know I just ripped the old off put the new on and swapped alternators.

Rx7Kidd

well dunno what to tell you then, how many volts is this alternator? maybe more powerful and overloading some ****.

YapaKanichi

70 I've ran it before it should befine.

YapaKanichi

70 amps I mean, I don't know whats going on it hasn't ran like this ever before, could the pulley be lighter making theload less causing the lowered RPMs. Or could it be a fuel problem now? I don't know need advice. Someone please help.

Kentetsu

Hmm, if the size of the pulley was different, you might have ended up changing the position of the alternator when you tightened up the belt. This might have resulted in the back of the alternator coming into contact with something, causing a short.

YapaKanichi

possiblity.