2002 GT TDI 150 Alternator

[Jay]

Is it a OEM VAG part or pattern part?

[Steve_PD]

Me?

it was £38 labour plus £45 for the bearing which was a VW part

going on the hassle you two have had am glad I paid them to do it

[Jay]

Never mind I misread what you said, the missus was jabbering and I was pretending to listen.

I'm going to try remove my alternator this weekend and take it down to the mechanics and let them change the pulley, I've not got a work bench with vice grips to use.

[Gozza]

Wish I had just taken mine to a garage too. The blow torch I have no longer works and even with the torque wrench and longer spanner the bastad still won't budge. I have had to take the alternator off and take it to a garage tomorrow. Annoying thing is I had to take the tensioner off too as I could not get the alternator off otherwise.

Decided from now on if it's even slightly complicated the garage can do it, sick of hacking my hands to bits and then finding a problem

Can't wait to put it all bak together again 

[Jay]

I dunno if it's just me, but when putting the old belt (not going to use the new £20 belt with the old pulley!) back on, it took me a few mins to get it to slip over the alt. pulley properly.

Pain in the arse of a job tbh when you don't have a nice garage with useful things to work with.

[Gozza]

Joy no doubt I have yet more fun ahead then, still waiting for the garage to confirm they got it off 

[Gozza]

Right the piss o sh!t is off, garage charged me £10 to do it  but at least its done.

Rebuild time come the weekend and finally I get my car back yay.

[Tucker82]

Just changed my tensioner and yes DEFFO easy to use a pair of mole grips to take off the tension, very easy. Waiting on the laser tool to be delivered then will take the alternator off to change the pulley and have it in the vice as you lot have had trouble getting it off while on the car!

So much of a difference in rattly noise with the new tensioner...

[Gozza]

I got a little confused when told to use a spanner, you dont want to know how I was trying to do it

Only problem with mole grips is the access, power steering and fuel lines are in the way 

Out of interest, how does the car remember the mileage when the battery if off for a while ?

[Rhyso]

I got a little confused when told to use a spanner, you dont want to know how I was trying to do it

Only problem with mole grips is the access, power steering and fuel lines are in the way 

Out of interest, how does the car remember the mileage when the battery if off for a while ?

The memory is built into the clocks