Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:41:03 -0400 From: KeithG <noonenospamay.com> Subject: Re: 900s Alternator Blues
http://68.18.136.40/electrical_system_folder/altbushregreplace.htm hope this helps. I have not found it so frustrating, just tight, though no tighter than many other front drive cars... KeithG Hdgdn wrote: > I'm at my wits end. 1988 900s 16v, all I wanted to do was replace a failing > alternator. The manual says remove the wires, loosen the bolts, remove the > belts and pull the thing out. Yeah, sure. To begin with, the belt for the > alternator and the water pump are located closer to the engine than another > belt lower on the engine. There is no way to remove the two I need to replace > without taking that other one off too. How? Why? > Next, the bolts holding the alternator in place are located in such a way > that one cannot get a wrench or socket on them and still be able to turn it. > Plus, the heater hoses have to be removed, A/C hoses, and the accelerator cable > has to be removed just to make enough room to lift the alternator out once it's > been loosened, (only by heaving on it with a wrecking bar, by the way !) > Very poorly designed in my opinion. Was there an easier way to have done > this, and is there any easier way to put the new one in? I had hoped to finish > tonight, but my temper was pretty much overheated by dark, so I'm leaving > putting the new one in until tomorrow. With any luck, I won't feel compelled > to throw my tools through the windshield. > James F. Hodgdon Jr. > Hodgdon Scale Models > http://hometown.aol.com/hdgdn/index.html