Hey all-again this is a vanagon question and I don't know if all buses have same Alternator but here I go....... Okay, I got the alternator out (85 Westy vanagon) and trying to reuse/save the pulley, fan and I got the mounting hardware-i cannot get the mounting nut to budge off to take off and put onto new alternator! If I twist to loosen, then the fan and whole mech. Spins, if I hold the fan and nut and go in opposite, I started bending one of the fan blades---Ah!!!!! I used some liquid wrench and it didn't help, I know I have women strength wrists, but if I couldn't get it off and am bending the fan blade then what am I doing wrong? Is there a locking key? I see one on the new one, but the fan spacers are on old, so how do I get a locking nut off? Thanks so much and no haven't searched Samba yet(isn't user friendly in my opinion) and I leave in 3days to head to MN in the Vanagon were our hopes! ;-( tear. I guess better it goes out before our trip than on the road. Sarah 85 Westy "Lennon" Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry