Hello every one. I hope I am in the right section. My nephew just got a 02 IS300. It is what I will call a driving project. This is a car he has been wanting for well over a year. We got a deal on this I think from the prices I have seen around here. 3900.00 It is said to have had a lower mileage motor put in. He was given a receipt of the motor and install. We plan to go through this a little at a time. The first thing to come up was needing the serpentine belt replaced. No big deal. We put a new one on and in a few weeks. It shredded the outer edge of it. My fault. It was on fully on the crank pulley. We got another on. And in a few weeks. It shredded that one and tossed it. Before putting another on. I looked to see why this had happened. By eye. the pulleys didn't look linned up. I took a straight bar and sure enough. The pulleys don't all line up. Here is what I found.
The Alternator, P/S pump and A/C are all in line.
The Crank pulley, water pump and belt tensioner all line up. But the first 3 are about 1/4" closer to the motor than the last 3. I had replaced the P/S pump. So I know that it couldn't be shimmed. Thinking it may have been missing a spacer.
Here is my question. Could the brackets be that much different between motors to cause this. I don't know the year of the motor put in. Health issues keep me from doing to much at a time when I am able. Other wise. I would just pull the motor. And tear it apart, re seal it and get every thing in order in one shot. Plans are to pull the motor for a rebuild in a year or so. My nephew really wants to turbo it. We got a project type car so I could teach him to work on it him self. Seeing what shops charge any more. there is no way I am going to let him get bent over by them. Especially when he can learn for him self.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Hopefully I may be able to get a little info on how to get this on the road for a little bit.