Well I am knocking out projects little by little. Ordered a replacement PS pulley from Summit and got things in alignment. Figured out the hose routing. Test fitted the new fan shroud and found the fan was sitting in to far so ordered a new spacer which should fix that. Since I had the front stuff off, I decided to replace the balancer, which I knew had issues as the timing marks never lined up. Glad I did!!!
Here is why old balancers should be replaced. The outer ring not only rotated but walked out. The pulley was keeping it on. From the backside you can see the rubber has a missing area and was pushing out as well. This was a disaster waiting to happen. This engine is from '81 (based on numbers ran) so it's not even as old as many ones from the '60's and '70's.
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