Help!
Right now, my fiancee's car is having some issues. Her car is a 1995 Ford Escort Wagon LX. The other day, we burnt up a belt on her car. We were going down the interstate and smelt something burning. Finally, we pulled over and I looked under the hood, and was able to pull the belt right out as it had snapped. We ended up getting that repaired and the mechanic said that what caused it was probably the alternator. We brought it to a friend who knows a lot about cars, and he doesn't believe it is, but he thinks it's an issue of not having enough lubrication. I don't think it's that either. Yesterday when I started the car, we got a horrible grating noise(might not be grating, maybe more like a bad ball bearing but I dunno my car noises yet) near the alternator and the whole belt and pully assembly there. When I looked at where the belt went, one of the pulleys that comes right off of the engine was kind of wobbling so my first guess would be because of that.
Now what I'm looking for is a diagram of that general area so that if I do bring it to another mechanic, I will know what he's talking about and hopefully not get ripped off as easily...
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