Re: How to remove alternator in Milano

["Derek Ealy" <dealy663@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought about doing this but was worried that it might not be a good idea.

So I suffered through the contortions and miniscule wrench movements to 
remove the 3 bolts that hold the lower alternator mount bracket to the 
engine block. It was pure misery, but I got the job done.

I suppose if I would have had a bit more patience I would have seen these 
posts that others had successfully lifted the engine just enough to clear 
the bolt.

Oh well live and learn.

Now if someone could offer a suggestion on how to get my bloody Ansa muffler 
mounted without rubbing against the halfshaft bolts I'd be really happy.

What a gruesome day underneath my car.






----Original Message Follows----
From: "Joseph Kanellopoulos" <kanellj@domain.elided>
To: "Derek Ealy" <dealy663@domain.elided>
CC: <alfa@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: How to remove alternator in Milano
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:45:36 -0500

I did this once, and I am NOT sure it is the best way, so please someone
with the correct way mention it here, but I took a jack, put a rather large
piece of wood on it, and gently applied a miniscule (underlining miniscule)
amount of lift to the car, the rubber engine mounts must have given just
enough gave enough to allow the screw to barely slide out when the hex head
is pointing the right way, and then it came off....

I did the swap real quick and droped the jack asap to avoid any damage to
oil pan fins and the engine mounts.

Am I out of my mind for having done it that way?

Also at the time I thought of grinding one side of the hex head of the bolt
of for future removals, any thoughts on that?

At the time I had no cardisc CD, paper shop manual or garage, so I was
pretty desperate to do it in my associations parking lot in a quick and
dirty way....

J-

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Ealy" <dealy663@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: How to remove alternator in Milano


> I bought a new alternator and after I finally was able to loosen that 
last
> big bolt at the bottom I thought I was home free. But noooooo. The bolt 
is
> so long that it contacts the chassis in front of it before it has cleared
> the alternator, so I'm stuck. I can't really figure out how to remove 
this
> thing without removing the braket it threads through which is attached to
> the engine or oil pan. The bracket is held on by three bolts, two of 
which
I
> can't seem to reach from under the car..
>
>
> Any ideas on how I'm supposed to get this bloody thing out. Man I thought
> this was going to be an easy job!
>
> Derek
>
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