2002 GT TDI 150 Alternator

[Jay]

f@ck arse c@nt.

Yip, gave it a bloody good try, easy job to remove the air box & MAF.

Then had to either"
A) Take alternator off
II) Make a hole on the plastic trim.


I tried to take the alternator off but after taking the 2 bolts out I could not for the life of me budge it, neither could my father in law... when I pulled up I moved the engine  When I pushed down, I moved the car down...  How the f@ck do you get it off?!

So then I had enough of that, so made holes in the plastic trim covering the light housing so I could do it with the alternator on...

17mm spanner BENT, 3 hours trying different things to budge it including metal poles over the wrench and spanner for more leverage, hammers, mallets... it would not budge.


Then it started getting dark, so I put it all back together, washed my hands and put the kettle on.

143k miles makes the job so much harder.


Oh and and EASY way of moving the tensioner is a mole grip, set it to the right width to grip the nob on top, clamp it down and it's SO much easier to move the tensioner then, with a allen key locking it in place. It started out so well, got it stripped down really quick, just couldn't do the last 1/2 

Many thanks to my father in law for helping out today while going back and forth cooking dinner too oh and my daughter for getting under the car and feeling in the splash guard for the splined bit that goes over the shaft locking bit, that fell and disappeared into the midst of oil and sponge  down in the depths of the splash guard, I owe ger a fiver now lol shouldn't have bet her she couldn't find it 

[Gozza]

Ah great, so it seems these bastad things are welded on almost. Wish I just took it to a garage now, ain't got time or this sh!te

[Jay]

If I could get the alternator out I could have put it in a vice grip and had a lot more room to play with but with the galaxy it's a f@cking struggle with all the trim under the bonnet, I'll get pics up when I can of it all. Managed to get it all back together just before it got too dark and got home sound without any problems... oh and I think it was my unlucky shirt that didn't help much with this logo:




 

[Gozza]

Well I am getting hard core on it's ass tomorrow. Got a blow torch that I will use to heat it up, also got a torq wrench to use on the special tool and finally a longer 17 mm spanner. If this little lot does not budge it I will take the alternator off an take it to a garage 

[Jay]

f@ck knows how the 'drop forged' 17mm spanner I had was bending... I even chipped it in a few places smacking the crap out of it and hands hands.

Oh and the plastic coverings etc... were in fact fibreglass  my arms and hands itch to f@@k where they got scratched reaching into the depths of the engine bay and the fibreglass dust getting in the scratches 

Good luck tomorrow!

[Kerrse]

Must be a common problem just changed my alternator pulley and the aux belt i  paid £25 to have them fitted.

[Gozza]

£25 to have em fitted, what the ? Thats veyr cheap, common price £150 - £200

[Jay]

That's the price when the garage/mechanic sources the parts 

You buy the parts and take it to them and they'll charge 1/2 hour's labour probably, about £25.

[Jay]

oh I also noticed my IC is infact an FMIC  it's mounted just below the radiator 

[Steve_PD]

£25 to have em fitted, what the ? Thats veyr cheap, common price £150 - £200

mine was a hours labour £38 plus the bearing