RE: How to remove alternator in Milano

["Derek Ealy" <dealy663@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well thanks Brian. I used the take a hammer to it method. If it don't fit, 
force it!

Seriously I took my heaviest hammer and gave it a few whacks where it bends 
around the halfshaft, this combined with trimming the verticle hangar to get 
more clearance to the right did the trick.

Now my car has a spiffy new cool looking and sounding exhaust.


Now on to the next question.

The reason I replaced my alternator in the first place is because it was 
making a knocking sound that had my mechanic originally thinking that a rod 
was knocking. After using a stethescope, Chip Mutza told me he thought it 
was the alternator, as he had had a similar problem on a 164. Now without 
the knocking sound my car is quieter than ever, and I can hear some noise 
which sounds like it is coming from the driveshaft/tranny. Is it normal to 
get a little noise from the constantly spinning driveshaft?

Last weekend Chip and swaped out my tranny for a his new 4.10 unit. The car 
runs and shifts so smoothly now. I guess I still am wondering if we got 
everything cinched down right though.

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!

Derek






----Original Message Follows----
From: "Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>
Reply-To: <bshorey@domain.elided>
To: "'Derek Ealy'" <dealy663@domain.elided>
Subject: RE: How to remove alternator in Milano
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 05:43:40 -0400

The Milano/GTV6 rear is never easy.  Sometimes you have to heat and bend
the think a little bit.  I've also seen even experienced shops sometimes
take a hammer to the inner radius of the tubing, where it comes close to
the half shaft hardware, to make a little more clearance.

You might try twisting the muffler before tightening the clamp,
sometimes that helps.

Good luck,

bs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On
> Behalf Of Derek Ealy
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:37 PM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: How to remove alternator in Milano
>
>
> 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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