Date:         Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:23:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lower alternator bolt
Comments: To: Ed Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com>
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You may want to add an additional bracket which mimics the double brackets
on an '86 and newer WBX.  Here's what I did on my previous 1.9 to help
stabilize the alternator:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/misterpolak/Misc%20VW%20nuttiness/AlternatorBracketMod.jpg


2011/3/18 Ed Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com>

> Thanks for everyone's responses about the alternator bolt. I won't get to
> it
> until the middle of next week, but at least I have a plan mapped out. This
> weekend it's camping in PA near the Delaware River in my '85 Westfalia. If
> anyone's interested in attending this event, by the way, check out
> fullmoonbusclub.com, go to events, and check out Tohickon spring event.
>
> Ed
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:31 AM
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Lower alternator bolt
>
>
>  You don't need a U-joint. In front you need a box wrench with just enough
>> offset to capture the nu t and keep it from turning. I like to use a
>> ratcheting box wrench but any will do. Slip it over te nut and let it
>> hang,
>> it will catch itself when you start turning from the back.
>>
>> Pull off the airbox and the rubber boot, leaving a big cavity to work in.
>> A
>> 10 or 12 inch ratchet wrench (set it to remove before you even start), a
>> ten
>> inch or so extension and a 13mm socket will reach the alternator bolt.
>> Working from the front of the car to the rear, slide the socket and
>> extension over the top of the engine and use a little light and your
>> fingers
>> to get the socket over the bolt head.Then when that is done, snap the
>> wrench
>> into the extension.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>


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Chris S.
"No solution is too complex to be executed incorrectly"