help me choose an upgread

[jonbearsmt 919]

 i have belt slip... not tons but enough...

 

 and my cold idle charge is 14.1 and hot is 13.8 ..... MIA will get me at 15 cold 14ish hot....

 

 both are about 200 bucks..... the idle pulley will be 200 plus  the new belt 60 bucks for a good one

[dem beats 1,223]

I would go for the mechanical fix.

[nigel 148]

idler pulley, if it goes, or belt comes off, well, then you're in a whole different world of trouble, had this happen to a vehicle in a minus 30 degree blizzard driving on a highway over an hour drive from any city...

Great feeling...

Edited May 31, 2013 by nigel

[jonbearsmt 919]

to make it clear it only slips when  my 10 horse power alternator is working... so under heavy draw it slips a bit...

 

 and  this is not my daily driver.

[dem beats 1,223]

I get where you are conning from, but I would much much rather have a mechanical upgrade and security than add another device that has a possibility to fail electronicly

[djjdnap 78]

id do the diode trick i posted a while back.

 

Cost you like 3$ and maybe an hour of your time.

[nem 2,019]

I would fix the slipping first, but I am a mechanic.

[edouble101 314]

Add an idler pulley man. It should have been there to begin with. 

[jonbearsmt 919]

yeah he was not making them, after i got my h/o but recently started stocking them again... so now its an option.

 

 

 and  the diode trick is a fast way to burn up an alternator.. all it does is trick the alternator into thinking its putting out less voltage then it really is... causing the alternator to stay on ALL the time.. making way too much heat and burning it up... not to mention the fuel mileage lost  by having a 10 horse alt on all the time.

[Godsmack 361]

I voed for the pulley as well. What good does the MIA do if the belf slip just happens to occur at just the right moment on a shitty road?

None.

J

[Quentin Jarrell 671]

I'd fix what's broke first.

[edouble101 314]

I think you might of started another thread similar to this in the past. I posted my technique there but didn't get a response from you.

 

I mounted an idler pulley on one of the alternator mounting bolts. After a little bit of research on the Dayco website I matched up an idler pulley that had the correct id size for the bolt and overall od and width for my belt and mounting requirements. Easy.

 

[jonbearsmt 919]

nothing is broken. 

 

 and i can not add a pulley simply to a bolt and get away with it... its just not possible its in a odd spot  and  any bolts near it would  never work. so... thats why  i never responded it was a dead issue,.

 

 

 i pretty much had my mind set on the double idler i just needed the push thanks guys