[Shotimes] Help! Battery hitting idler pulley

[Carl Prochilo]

Edward/Kevin,

I just checked my 3.2L with UDPs.  There is easily 1-5/8" gap between the battery tray and the
pulley.  My front motor mount is less than 2 years old.  I offer this as a datapoint to describe a
known good state.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Kevin Galuska said:
> My battery is also extremely close to that pulley, but not touching. I had
> to wedge a small piece of wood (paint stirrer) between the battery and the
> arm of the tray near the pulley to move the battery back where I felt that
> the engine wouldn't touch the battery if it moved. I have removed and
> reinstalled that tray at least 5 times and the battery is always in the same
> place.
> Kevin
>
>>From: "Bruce Malachuk" <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
>>To: "'Edward Mazurek'" <emazurek@cisco.com>, <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Help! Battery hitting idler pulley
>>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:26:22 -0400
>>
>>Shot motor mounts and or subframe bushings. Possible massive subframe
>>misalignment too?
>>
>>
>>
>>Bruce J Malachuk
>>
>>*	94 Opal Frost MTX
>>*	93 Emerald Green MTX
>>*	93 Black ATX - parts
>>*	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>>On Behalf Of Edward Mazurek
>>Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:17 AM
>>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>>Subject: [Shotimes] Help! Battery hitting idler pulley
>>
>>Hi...
>>
>>95 mtx...
>>
>>I did a whole bunch of maintenance last year (sensors, water pump, timing
>>belt, belts, plugs, all hoses, etc.) and when I went to put the battery it
>>is hit the idler pulley and cut through the bottom of it.
>>
>>I couldn't figure out why, all of the sudden, this was occuring.
>>When I reinstalled the battery tray it went in the same place I think. It
>>can onnly be installed one way so I don't think I screwed it up. So, I put
>>a
>>3/8" piece of plywood under the battery to move it up a bit. Well, that
>>"fix" worked until last week when I suspect my son who is a little "heavy
>>in
>>the foot" drove it. The bottom of the battery got cut again (even with the
>>piece of plywood installed) and dump one cell's worth of acid on the belts
>>and pulleys. The alt. belt then broke.
>>
>>Any ideas as to why the bottom of the battery is now hitting the idler
>>pulley? One, thing, I did change the battery at the time to a new one. It
>>fits in the try just fine so I don't think that's it.
>>
>>Any help is apprecciated!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Ed Mazurek
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