freakin out, help help help

[Willis_98GT]

ok so last night i was getting gas, and i pulled up to the gas pump and everything, and it didn't work. so i went to move my car over to the next one. i'm a kinda impaitent person to say so i just goosed 1st real fast and did a small 180. instead of a three point turn..

whenever i did that i had my girl's little brother me, and he pointed out the window and was like what the F is that... and it looked like a little ball of fire shooting across the parking lot.. after that i lost power steering, brakes, my battery light was on, and i started getting hot..

i shut it down and waited for it to cool long enough to get it back to my friends allright..

so any suggestions would be awesome at this time!... i'm thinking the tensioner, whenever i had the hood open lookin around in pitch black darkness the only thing i realised was the belt wasn't spinning at all..

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[FST-HUH]

it sounds like you blew off a pullie or tentioner snaped off. it's common for all those lights to come on if belt is not spinning + stearing is not working.

hell maybe belt just broke :dunno:

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Check your balancer.

 

[cobraclone]

a ball of fire ??? maybe your car did a hadooken :hammer:

 

[Willis_98GT]

yeah, that ball of fire was the lip of the harmonic balencer, its stripped and smooth as a babys ass..

does anyone have one lying around?

edit, i guess that i just need a pully

how hard is one to change, do i have to pull shit off of the front of the engine bay or will i have access?

 

[Willis_98GT]

bumpin this ^^^

 

[GREG@SN95]

Get a new pulley... Theres 4 bolts that hold it on...

Take off anything you need to get out of the way in order to access it...
Put the car in gear, and the parking break on,
Take off the bolts...

If the car insists on moving, there is a bolt in the center of the Harmonic Balance that screws into the crank shaft... put a breaker bar and socket on that to keep the motor from turning...

 

[Willis_98GT]

i don't think i'll need to move anything to get access, looks like i'd have enough room. but uh. thanks for your help. i'll prob be messin with it today. i'll keep you guys posted.

 

[voidfinger]

since its just a balancer it shouldn't be that bad. Just get a balancer puller from somewhere and get a balancer.

 

[voidfinger]

the harmonic balancer only had 1 big bolt on it.... i've never seen more than one...

 

[Willis_98GT]

well the balencer isn't bad, i just need to slap a new pulley on it

 

[voidfinger]

working now?

 

[nesqwick_05]

same thing happend to me, the balancer is still pretty smooth, i never got around to replacing it, but after i let it cool the lights never came back on...

 

[Willis_98GT]

same thing happend to me, the balancer is still pretty smooth, i never got around to replacing it, but after i let it cool the lights never came back on...

then how'd your car run? theirs too much slack for the belt to catch the balencer on mine.

 

[realitygt]

^ then it sounds like it wasn't your balancer,

 

[Willis_98GT]

yeah well i just need to replace it.

i compared it to my friend's 96gt and his has a lip and grooveings in his.. so if anyone has a extra balencer or pulley laying around that'd be sweet

 

[voidfinger]

hmmm. i got a lot of slack in my belt too. I just replaced the tentioner and tent. pulley and my belt is still slack... I don't get it. Sorry for the hijack, had to vent.

 

[Willis_98GT]

i'll post up a picture of my old harmonic balencer looks crazy..

anyways to give a update i'm back on the road. but i was workin with a few friends on my car and...

i went inside to use the bathroom when it was put back on and whenever it was done i knoticed that they didnt slip a little metal clip in the inside? does this mean anything serious beacuse i've been drivin real easy until i find out if thats a serious issue or not.

feels so good to have her back

 

[Whistler98]

I missed this post. I assume you found the pulley. I think I have one in the shed. I had the same thing happend but it wasn't my pulley. My tensioner snaped in half. But my belt is super tight b/c of the blower, they make a steel tensioner for are cars now but I think that is mainly a blower issue. Glad to see you got it back on the road. I am not sure what metal piece you are talking about I will have to go look.

 

[Willis_98GT]

well it runs and drives just fine, the power steering was a little sluggish when i first drove it after fixing it. but now its fine. runs great!

but i'm not really worried about that piece. but if someone thinks i should be. please let me know