would painting the alternator pulley prevent the car from starting?

ive painted mine and just fitted the engine in again, but it wont start.

ht lead are on right way around, the flat bit of the alternator pulley is lined up with the tdc, at the top part is lined up with the back of the engine.

Is the pip on the crankshaft sporket in the hole on the alternator pulley? Thats what it will be.

pip? i take you mean the thing that goes in to the centre of the pulley with three screws around? yeah

its all screwed in all timed properly im pretty certain, so this is all i can think of (the paint stoping a signal being sent to the tdc?)

THeres a little pip that aligns with the 2mm dia hole on the crank pulley. If the pulley isnt aligned with the pip, it wont fire in the right order and so wont start!

still not getting this pip thing

https://www.fiatforum.com/cinquecento-seicento/58336-its-1242-time-baby-3.html?highlight=1242+time

there is a pic in this thread but still not seeing the pip :bang:

in between them 2 of them 3 bolts is a tiny hole, that has to line up with a tiny pin on the crank pully

just been and had a look and i can see the little hole

but dont think its lines up with the hole on the sprocket

so if i line the two little holes up with the sprocket timed, will this mean the flat piece of the crank pully will automatically be facing the tdc?

thanks for the info guys

it lines up with a tiny pin not another hole, an yep if you do it it will be in the right place

pin? never noticed any pin when taking it off.

will ivestigate poperly 2 moz probably.

had this kind of problem last time and was just told to make sure the flat bit faces the tdc and it worked guss not this time tho :bang: suppose its better to do it properly this time tho seen as im keeping it in