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Finished up last night after about 5 hours. I was able to remove the old alt within 1:40, but decided to clean some parts before reassembling everything. Don't attempt this if you have back problems.
Having socket/rachet combinations the proper overall length would help emmensely (immensely?) My long sockets were too long, and my reg. size were too short; even my short extensions were too long, particularly when it came to removing the numerous bolts to the PS pump. Once it's out of the way, the only remaining hurdle is removing the bolt on the backside of the alt.
I would have let my indy handle this, but I wanted to go out of town for the weekend and he couldn't get to it until next week. A load test showed very low voltage headroom (~ 12.5VDC) and current flowing out of the battery with headlights and AC running. How fun is it to get stuck on the side of the road while out of town on a weekend?
The funny thing was I was looking around for something square to use to engage the serp. belt tensioner and spied my Veritas Wonder Dog sitting on my woodworking bench (http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=31130&cat=1,43838,43847&ap=1) it fit perfectly! I slid a piece of rigid copper pipe over the screw-threaded end for some leverage. I couldn't get the three-quarters-held-in-vicegrips to work at all.
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1998 V70 T5 124Kmi; Previous car: 1985 SAAB 900T, 254kmi
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