Ok, it might be going on Grandma'* Revenge. Can you give me some info. on em. The symptoms if it is going.

Any info on it is great!

Turn the engine off and see if you can rotate the pulleys by hand a few inches.

It should be tight, remove the drive belt if you have to and check for any end play.

Not really the kind of thing that fails, what troubles are you having?

I think my supercharger is going again

I wondered about the noise it was producing, and your complaint about low boost. How'* the warranty on it?

I got a 2 year warranty on it from the seller on ebay. I have contacted him and i belive he will honor it.

Here is what he said in his email to me:

Hi John, Sorry to hear about the problem. Are you certain it is the nose? Another frequent problem with these cars is the harmonic balancer. Also I dont want to scare you but even if there was a faulty bearing in the rebuild that has started to make noise or the harmonic balancer was going bad you would not experience performance loss. Even when they start making alot of noise they will still create normal boost unless the nose totally fails. Keep us posted, Randy

When the harmonic balancer on my '92 failed, it failed when I started the engine. It didn't happen slowly over time. The engine made a loud rattling noise, but only at idle. The noise was very noticeable when starting or shutting off the engine.

There'* an easy way to isolate the cause of the noise.

You can use an automotive stethoscope to listen to the supercharger and the balancer pulley while the engine is running. Be careful. Or you can remove the supercharger belt and start and run the engine (only for a few seconds, then shut it off) to see if the noise is still there. If the noise is gone, then you know the problem is the supercharger or another part that'* driven by that belt. Turn each pulley by hand to test each part. If the noise is still there, then remove the main belt also, and then start and run the engine (only for a few seconds, then shut it off). If the noise is gone, then you know the problem is a part that'* driven by that belt, and again, turn each pulley by hand to test each part. If the noise is still there, then it'* the harmonic balancer or a problem in the engine.

Great advice. Just keep in mind that you may not have only one problem. It could be a little of both. Especially with the miles on Grandma'* revenge. We should have looked at our balancers on the old cars while we had them up on Jerry'* lift at WCBF Tech Day.