In the last few days I have gotten much closer to hanging the engine in the car. I could have done this weeks ago, but it would be a bit harder to make the various brackets for the alternator and a/c compressor. It they don't fit, I have my priorities set so I'll be cutting some Dodge body parts to make them fit !! :-)
I almost forgot about the idler pulley for the a/c compressor - since the compressor is fixed mounted, it requires one. Good thing I happened to have one in my collection. Here's the mounts being taped, I also welded a nut to the back side so I could be sure of good clamping forces.
Here it is being welded to the assembly:
And a view from the bottom side:
Here's the alternator mount being fab'd:
A check of the idler pulley mount shows that welding warped the flat spot, so I used the TIG torch to heat and bend it back.
Here is where I tied the new bracket to the side engine anti-torque mount.
The alternator is on the engine. I need some place to secure the adjustment end of the alternator, I wish there was another place but I could not see it so its going on the front.
Something like this - the 2 corners will have 7/16 bolts to give good clamping forces.