Originally posted by hmouta:
ed how many miles does your car have? double check the belt. the dealer where my brother got his car put the belt on wrong when we first looked at the car. there was a funny noise so they said they'd check it out before we even bought the car. they looped it wrong and it wouldnt surprise me if the alt burned out becuz of it. had so much belt pulling on the pulley. but its doable to do yourself. but your a giant compared to me so small hands helped very much for this job.
The first thing I did was check the belt when I got the car back. I changed the belt with 60,000 on the car now it has 97,500. My alt burned out from the continuous stress of my audio system.. 
Thanks for the tip though..... 
1998.5 E1 SVT Contour #5482/6535
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