yup. Gotcha. I was trying to avoid removing stuff that I didnt need to. Less bolts and stuff to keep track of and less reassembly. The shroud will have to come off to re-install though. When I was taking stuff apart I noticed that the shroud was cracked on one side too so eventually I will need to replace it. I have blown my parts budget for this quarter though so it will have to wait..

There are a bunch of 1/2-assed spacers on the alternator (both top and bottom) that the previous owner stuck on there in an attempt to get the pulleys to line up better. I pulled them all off and am hoping that everything lines up better with the short shaft water pump I am adding. I am afraid that alignment will still be off but I wont know until I get everything back together. I think that the main drive pulley and the fan pulley will line up great but my suspicion is that the alternator pulley will still be off because the alternator just looks too far back after I took the spacers off. I am wondering of the alternator is the wrong one or maybe the mounting brackets were bent by the previous owner to try to get everything to line up. I am really hoping alignment will be right on as I dont really want to buy another alternator...