Removing/polishing the alternator

[interloper393]

K guys i want to remove this and polish her up, is it a case of unbolting or are there lots of measurements for the belts n things id have to write down? dont wanna blow ma engine up lol.. also can these be taken apart i.e the casings come off easyly without bits n spring pinging all over ma gargae?

cheers:WaveBye

[mikeyh]

so your not selling your car now then m8???

[interloper393]

Im doing the car to the way i want it bud, if a buyer pops up, then maybe, aint selling for silly money, plus have the starlet to sell to make a few pennys
Any idears on the alternator man?

[mikeyh]

hi m8
removing the belts a piece p**s
just feel how tight it is now and hwen u go to put it back on just make its about the same tightness but not too tight.
its not a bad thing to try to do.

u no going to crail tomorrow?

[interloper393]

wish i cud, im aiming for the march meet defo bud, have an operation to get through, admitted tomoz
You heading to crail then lol..

[mikeyh]

yeah should be fun see if i can get car into fast car lol
hope its a flames out the exhaust shot

[n4bes]

Wot time you going through at mikey............

[allstaruk]

Alternator is easy to remove, just be carefull of the vac lines around it there easy to split.

I\'m in the process of trying to get mine appart to paint it.

alan

[arrouk]

its easy to split the alternator. putting it back togeather is another matter, i got 2 small allen keys and slid them through the holes on the back to hald the bushes back while you slide the internals back into the rear housing.........its obvious when you have it in bits and realise that the holes are there.

matt

[peterwolds]

its easy to split the alternator. putting it back togeather is another matter, i got 2 small allen keys and slid them through the holes on the back to hald the bushes back while you slide the internals back into the rear housing.........its obvious when you have it in bits and realise that the holes are there.

matt

Cheers Matt that will come in handy got a polished alternator on its way shortly - think thats last bling for the bay just put chromed battery box on this morning to replace crapy black plastic one

[arrouk]

you shouldnt need to split it if its already polidheed pete, ive just posted on your other thread.

matt

[ssn11]

er ooppss a think av messed up removing the alternator and it moved the rotors a think just heard a wee wooshh coming out engine as av pushed it all round
 
have a messed up ma timing???

[arrouk]

shouldnt make any differance the the engine mate, if you still have the air pump you may just have pumped a little air through the egv (i think thats what its called, the valve on the inside of the LIM)

hth
matt

[ssn11]

yer still got that conected, its jsut all the belts moved round quite a bit (it wont me that did it) jsut thought it might of messed up the timings... and if have is it easy to sort

[Jit]

you cant mess up the timing on an FD
Its all electronic...