Thank goodness i waited to go meet bro in law today! Car started making a weird whining noise from the pulley region on the motor and wasn’t positive what it was! Luckily my moms friends husband who is a mechanic came over and was able to right away tell that the noise was coming from the alternator internals! Went and got a new one which was over $400 with his military discount and got home and got car 80% apart before he realized the alternator one of the main bolts for removing it is behind the tensioner pulley and I didn’t have the hex head socket to remove it so he put car back together and was gonna come tomorrow after work with his good tools instead of my shitty walmart set but i realized it was difficult today in the daytime so tomorrow night prob wasn’t a smart time to try it so i went and bought the 8mm hex socket and got the serpentine belt removal loaner tool to get the belt off easier and we got it changed today! Glad we did cuz if that alternator seized up while my mom was driving would be a catastrophe so glad its fixed!
