alternator removal

CrAzY RuSSian · Post by **CrAzY RuSSian** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:52 pm

how hard is it to remove an alternator. would i have to remove anything else to remove it.

pertyfly · Post by **pertyfly** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:59 pm

Hey

I guess it may depend on which year and configuration you have exactly. I have a 78 with the 1800. On mine, as long as I remove the air cleaner assembly, the alternator will come right out after removing the electrical and the 2 mounting bolts. The only catch is, the lower pivot bolt for the alternator is so long and so close to the rad, that you have to bring it out all the way to the rad and you should get the alt. out, but the bolt will not come out unless you remove the rad. This, of course is not necessary just for an alt. replacement.

Chris

kmartin83 · Post by **kmartin83** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:00 am

I don't think you have to take anything else off, but make sure to mark all the wires. I believe there should be enough room to pull it out without having to remove the lower radiator hose.

pertyfly · Post by **pertyfly** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:21 am

Ummm... The lower rad hose is on the pass. side of the car, and the alt. is on the driver's side. The alt. comes out the top anyway. I don't see that as a problem.

CrAzY RuSSian · Post by **CrAzY RuSSian** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:47 am

i actually had to remove the cooling fan and lower radiator support to get the lower alternator bolt. thanks for the help

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:40 pm

of course, that is all saying that the last one to put the alternator back in....put the mounting bolts in from the correct direction.

If you are unlucky as i am, you'll know already what i am gonna say.

sometimes, people forget what order they took things out, and don't put them back in proper reverse order. The alternator can go in before the radiator.....which does not cause issues, uless the next guy wants to take the alternator out and the mounting bolt was put in from the wrong side....now requiring the radiator to be removed.

perthling · Post by **perthling** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:51 pm

Curious - on my '74 (1756cc) I had no problems getting the long alternator bolt out, but it was fairly close to the bottom of the radiator when at its maximum extension. I am constantly amazed by the idiosyncracies of the various years of production!

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:43 am

mbouse wrote:of course, that is all saying that the last one to put the alternator back in....put the mounting bolts in from the correct direction.

That happened to me! I ended up using a saw to cut the alternator bolt because it was put in from behind the alternator and wouldn't clear the motor mount. Another example of a half hour job taking me two days.

Perthling, is yours mounted on the intake or exhaust side? Mine is on the exhaust side and I didn't have a problem with the radiator being in the way when I reinstalled it.

perthling · Post by **perthling** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:51 pm

Mine is on the exhaust side too - I thought they were all on that side (the right hand side of the car).

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:38 pm

no, some years had the alt on the intake side. When Fiat used an air injection pump, the alt was on the left side

perthling · Post by **perthling** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:44 pm

That explains it. Being 'down under' we got the Euro-spec engines (apart from on cars that were imported later from other markets - like the Spider) which didn't have the emissions gear on them (and also had the higher compression ratio). So only the occasional Spider down here would be found with the alt on the left; all the 124 coupes, 125s etc would have been sold here with the alt on the right.