[CJFusco]

Okay, this morning before work I figured out that MY STUPIDITY caused me to put the fuse for the fuel pump sender in the slot for the "spare" fuses (why would they make slot 29 for a "spare"?).

The car now runs, and is driveable.

It is, however, running with more vibration in the drivetrain than I believe it should. My first instinct says "Balance Belt".

Now, when we were doing the balance belt, all we had to tension it with was the Krikit tool, which is not highly recommended for finding balance belt tension. What was reading as "correct" (ie 25lbs or so) tension felt much too tight to me. If I remember correctly, the balance belt is supposed to feel much looser than the timing belt; mine felt barely looser.

But in any case, we made sure (or THOUGHT we made sure) that the notches were correctly lined up on the balance belt rollers. IIRC, the top one should have the line/notch at 1oclock, and the line on the bottom one should be lined up with the raised tab sticking out of the back of the rear belt cover at about 7oclock. As far as I know, we did this correctly.

So my questions are:
1) would a too-tight balance belt cause weird vibrations through the drivetrain?
2) do I have the notches in the rollers correctly aligned?
3) what else that would have been adjusted during a head gasket job could possibly cause the vibrations through the drivetrain, if not the balance belt?

I thank you in advance.