My daughter has the car mentioned. Last Friday, she was off to go to her best G/f's BD party. She left, and drove about 2.5 miles. Then, turned around and came back home.
The complaint was that the car had warning lights on and was hot. So I went out and got in, started it up. And the ALT light was lit up, and there was no power steering. So I popped the hood, and saw no belt. Simple. Needs a new belt. The next day, with belt in hand - I went to install it.
I first checked that the idler pulleys were spinning free. DAMN! one was frozen up! Too late to go back to the auto parts store. Then today, I was armed with a new belt and a new idler pully. BUT!~ that dam spring loaded idler arm was frozen. I sprayed it - SOAKED it with WD40 - finally got it to be free enough to tension the thing. Now came the fun part. Getting it set right through all the pulleys. All this time I was out in the drive way.. and it was raining. So there was water all over the engine. When it came time to start the old 95 Ford.. Nothing! Just turned over, but did not run.
I did hit the gas a few times, and got a few cylinders to pop, but never got it to run. When I got back to the engine I smelled gas. Figuring I flooded it - I went and did laundry. Got a can of starting fluid, and spayed some behind the air filter. Nothing! I also cranked it over with the accelerator all the way to the floor. Nothing.
Can anyone here tell me what in the devil happened?
It was running when the belt was off. I put a belt on - and now it wont start.
The complaint was that the car had warning lights on and was hot. So I went out and got in, started it up. And the ALT light was lit up, and there was no power steering. So I popped the hood, and saw no belt. Simple. Needs a new belt. The next day, with belt in hand - I went to install it.
I first checked that the idler pulleys were spinning free. DAMN! one was frozen up! Too late to go back to the auto parts store. Then today, I was armed with a new belt and a new idler pully. BUT!~ that dam spring loaded idler arm was frozen. I sprayed it - SOAKED it with WD40 - finally got it to be free enough to tension the thing. Now came the fun part. Getting it set right through all the pulleys. All this time I was out in the drive way.. and it was raining. So there was water all over the engine. When it came time to start the old 95 Ford.. Nothing! Just turned over, but did not run.
I did hit the gas a few times, and got a few cylinders to pop, but never got it to run. When I got back to the engine I smelled gas. Figuring I flooded it - I went and did laundry. Got a can of starting fluid, and spayed some behind the air filter. Nothing! I also cranked it over with the accelerator all the way to the floor. Nothing.
Can anyone here tell me what in the devil happened?
It was running when the belt was off. I put a belt on - and now it wont start.