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Old 07-31-2016, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by spdbrake View Post
It looks like if you shorten the Alt turnbuckle quite a bit down to 3-4 threads exposed at each rodend, you should have enough deflection to run a belt just to the alternator and the interference (Idler effect) of the water pump pulley would be enough to run it without slippage.
I saw that too. Unfortunately the bracket wants the alternator to be on the bottom not the top, well i found a way to get it up there. The downfall is that it is pulled inward as far as it can before hitting the arch of the bracket. I'm not ruling it out yet though. Thanks for the suggestion!
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