I know this does not belong on this board but I know someone here has done this before and can help me out :-)

I have a 93 Taurus for my winter car. It died the other day and after playing around I found out the problem. The pulley on the AC unit froze up and will not spin. This was causing the car not to start. No problem, I just went out and bought a shorter belt and by passed the AC. Well the belt rubs the AC pulley and is putting ribs in the belt. No big deal right? I will just drive the car home, and fix it when I get there. Well for some reason I only get like 5-6 miles out of the car before it dies. I then put a new battery in it (had one laying around) and got like 5-6 miles out of that one. Not sure if this is due to the fact that the belt is rubbing the AC pulley or if the alternator I put in 3 days ago is actually bad. My questions. If an alternator is not working properly is it possible for a car to only last 5-10 minutes about 5-6 miles before the battery is dead? Second how hard is it to remove the AC unit from the car?

Thanks for any help

John


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93 Teal Cobra #4656
2000 Silver Lightning #4524

 

Are these new parts? If the diode things in the alternator are shorted to ground. You have a direct short to ground from the battery. and since it never did charge up much, it goes flat easy.

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Red 99