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When we put the generator back on it had the same hose that was never adjusted or changed. It has been on there for several years in good shape.
I keep going back to somehow the generator has to raise up to get the belt away from it. But it only goes on the bracket one way and we never touched or moved that either.
Last edited by mintcondition; 02-10-2019 at 03:48 PM.
I remember back in the day, generator pulleys being shimmed, may apply here, may not, but something has changed to pull the belt closer between gen and crank.
Those generator pulleys are sometimes removed during a rebuild; I don't think its been re-installed in its former position...examine it carefully...
Make sure the mounting bolts and spacers are properly installed. It may look lined up but a 1/4" can make a difference...
A picture farther back would be good showing the whole generator from the right front..
This is a 61 and a 58 may or may not mount the same way..
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 02-10-2019 at 04:45 PM.
The picture you posted is too close up to tell much, but I just looked at mine and it is about an inch and a half from the hose. Also you mentioned if you moved the generator the tach unit hitting the manifold. Mine is a LONG way from the manifold. I'll post some pictures I just took, hoping that you may see some difference in mine and yours. If you need any other pictures or measurements, let me know,
I don't see any way it could be rotated to have the tach mech hit the exhaust. You really should post some pictures, and a little farther away. It looks almost like your lower bracket missing, or the generator is mounted on it with the ears on the back sides of the holes. Something definitely needs to move that generator forward about an inch. Please try to get a picture from the rear showing where your tach mech can get to the exhaust manifold.
I don't see any way it could be rotated to have the tach mech hit the exhaust. You really should post some pictures, and a little farther away. It looks almost like your lower bracket missing, or the generator is mounted on it with the ears on the back sides of the holes. Something definitely needs to move that generator forward about an inch. Please try to get a picture from the rear showing where your tach mech can get to the exhaust manifold.
I don’t see anyway it can be positioned forward or back any way since it fits on the bracket only one way. Would a shorter belt raise it on the arm?
If you took the mounting bracket off the Gen housing then reassembled with the bracket flipped.....that could cause the rearward stance drawing the belt onto the hose......Is there any extra slack in the tach cable that you noticed?
IMO, the gen needs to be moved forward....make sure the bracket was not flipped when reinstalled..................
One more picture for alignment check. This is an older picture before I cleaned up the generator, but maybe you can use the angle to find out what's different. You can see how far the tach housing is from the manifold.
One more picture for alignment check. This is an older picture before I cleaned up the generator, but maybe you can use the angle to find out what's different. You can see how far the tach housing is from the manifold.
Nice, nice engine bay...
Look, let's be logical....if the lower radiator hose was undisturbed and the engine hasn't shifted position in the OP's engine bay, and the same fan belt used -- the only thing left to cause the misalignment is the mounting configuration or the generator itself - its that simple...
Definitely mounting. Look how close the generator (and particularly the tach houshing) is to the exhaust manifold in his first picture in post #16. As you can see, mine is several inches away and would not even rotate far enough to hit. It looks like in that picture that the entire mounting bracket is gone. I guess we will have to wait for better pictures. I'd like to see pictures of the top of the generator, almost looks like it's upside down, or at least the end caps.
02-10-2019, 03:47 PM
