Need some help on serpentine conversion!!!!

[cjthompson]

Hello all,

I'm trying to do a conversion on my truck to newer style serpentine belts. I'm running into a few issues and was wondering if anyone could help?

So here's what I've done thus far. I've pulled and installed the new serpentine brackets, i believe to be from an early 90s caprice or truck (not sure, got everything minus the crank pulley years ago). I've changed the water pump to a reverse rotation, from a early 90s pickup. I've extended my charging line from the alternator to the battery. I've converted the plug for the regulator feedback from 2 to 4 wire.

I'm at a point now that I'm almost ready to hit the road, but I have 1 major problem. The crank pulley doesnt align with the rest of the pulleys. When I look down from the top side of the motor it sets about 1/2 an inch farther back than the rest of the pulleys. Like I said i didn't get the crank pulley with the set, so I grabbed one off an old vortec motor (appears to be same part number as what should have been in the set). Just curious, could this be a harmonic damper/balancer issue? That I just need to run a thicker one?