Lay down Sally...
So first time the ol girl kind of let me down. I’ve easily put about 6000 miles on this engine since I built it and all of the sudden she kept throwing belt. My buddy and I decided to visit my parents and go to huge car show by them, it’s about a two hour drive. So we left in the afternoon got about an hour in and decided to get some food. When we got back on the highway, I all the sudden lost power steering and the alternator. We pulled over to find that one belt was ate up and one was alright but both were off. We were able to run one on the water pump and alternator to get us back to the small town where we could buy some new belts. We found the crank pulley was loose so we tightened it back down and we were on our way to my parents for the night. The next day we drove to the car show and everything was fine but when we left the car show she threw both belts again and ate one up. So we replaced the bad belt with an extra one I had bought. But a few miles later they threw again. So we started digging in. The harmonic dampener was super loose but the bolt was tight. Fearing the dampener was separating and really not having an option to fix it, I had her towed back to my parents. We pulled the dampener off to find the bolt was about half an inch to long! So we tracked down a new bolt and put new belts son. We were able to drive her home with no issues!
So first time the ol girl kind of let me down. I’ve easily put about 6000 miles on this engine since I built it and all of the sudden she kept throwing belt. My buddy and I decided to visit my parents and go to huge car show by them, it’s about a two hour drive. So we left in the afternoon got about an hour in and decided to get some food. When we got back on the highway, I all the sudden lost power steering and the alternator. We pulled over to find that one belt was ate up and one was alright but both were off. We were able to run one on the water pump and alternator to get us back to the small town where we could buy some new belts. We found the crank pulley was loose so we tightened it back down and we were on our way to my parents for the night. The next day we drove to the car show and everything was fine but when we left the car show she threw both belts again and ate one up. So we replaced the bad belt with an extra one I had bought. But a few miles later they threw again. So we started digging in. The harmonic dampener was super loose but the bolt was tight. Fearing the dampener was separating and really not having an option to fix it, I had her towed back to my parents. We pulled the dampener off to find the bolt was about half an inch to long! So we tracked down a new bolt and put new belts son. We were able to drive her home with no issues!