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Re: How to install Alternator Belt for 1997 Plymouth...
You can go to auto zone and tell them you need a routing diagram for the serpentine belt on your 2.0., they should be able to make you one. have a good day !! are you sure there is not a diagram under hood.
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The alternator is self grounded when installed. There is no ground wire
Remove the 3 bolts holding it on
unplug the wires remove belt from pully
install new do not tighten yet
put belt back on pully and pull alt till belt is tight hold there and tighten bolts
plug in elect wires
test
MDS
there should be a diagram on a decal under the hood if its still there. the other thing to do is go to the library and look for a book on maintenance for you year make and model of car it should be in there
1 remove battery cables from battery 2 disconnect wires from alternator 3 loosen belt with the belt tensioner it will probly take a 3/8 drive ratchet to loosen the tensioner by putting the end that normaly goes into socket into a square hole in tensioner( just move tensioner far enough to slip belt off alternator pully) 4 remove bolts from alternator 5 put new alternator in place and put bolts in 6 put belt back over pulley 7 plug wires back on alternator 8 reconnect battery
For your vehicle, the alternator serves as the tensioner in at least the 2.0 engine. Loosen the lower alternator mounting bolt. Then take off the nut on the top left of the alternator. Finally loosen the bolt on the top of the alternator, (it faces you). You can then remove the bolt that runs through the alternator. This will allow you to remove the old belt and replace it.
you can get step by step instructions from a chilton manual. i go to the library, and copy the page or pages i need. libraries have every chilton auto manuals. may have to rent a specialty tool for belt tensioner pulley. can be rented at any parts store, money is returned when tool is. usually 20 bucks. put tool on tension pulley, pull to loosen belt tension, with other hand slip belt off of alternator or easiest pulley to get to. before you take belt off take a mental picture of belt route. when installing new belt remember if pulley is smooth it contacts smooth side of belt.
belt goes on the out side of crankshaft pully, a/c compressor, and alternator then under the belt pully then the alternator is used to tighten the belt hope this helps
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