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1980 242 Alternator belt tensioner? Help please! 200 1982

posted by  billy242 on  Fri Jul 31 17:46 CST 2009
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Wow, thanks Art. This is exactly what I was looking for. I thought that perhaps the jack screw actually pressed against the side of the engine block to provide the tension. The upper alternator bracket shown in this picture is the part that I am missing, and thus the reason for my not understanding how the block/ jack screw arrangement worked in conjunction with my current upper alternator bracket which does not have the 90 degree bend with a hole in it.

I've seen some pretty neat adjustable top alternator tensioner brackets on hot rods at car shows, maybe I'll try to duplicate something like that to help maintain the tension on my belts.

And yes, I am tightening the bottom bracket bolt too. Still not sure why my belts won't stay tensioned properly...

Billy McCaskill
1980 242DL with lots of GT and IPD stuff






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