Date:         Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:53:05 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV>
Subject:      Anyone got a dead golf/jetta/passat alternator they can spare a p
              art from?
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I'm thinking someone might have a dead mid-90's jetta/golf/passat alternator
lying around... I'm trying to obtain one of the steel bushings the
alternator mounting bolts screw into. VW doesn't sell them separately, and
no luck at the local junkyard. The P/N for my alternator is 028 903 025 Q,
but other mid-90's alternators are pretty much identical... I think! My
bushing had a bolt broken off in it which I tried to extract, subsequently
breaking off my bolt extractor. I got that out intending to re-tap the
threads, but I had drilled the extractor hole slightly off-center and
consequently drilled the tap hole off-center as well. Duh! Anyway, the
bushing is press-fit into the alternator housing and can be punched out
quite easily with a hammer and punch (or appropriately-sized socket). It has
an 8x1.25 thread, and is almost exactly 11/16" in diameter, and 25/32" in
length.

Cheers,
Doug Fitz-Randolph
Freeport, ME