although i may be a member i am slowly trying to convert over to the sexy muscle man club...it's a slow process but soon enough i will be a card carrying member. i managed to get my arm around back and get the nut off the fan along with the shims, then is when i discovered that the fan won't fit through the hole on the back of the shroud, so i started taking the bolts loose on the backing plate on the front, i got two off and realized i won't be able to get the one behind the webber out because, well, the carb is to big to get to it. so then i undid my motor mounts and lowered the motor onto the ground, about 5 inches lower than where the bus sits now. and managed to get the shroud out with the alternator in tact. then started switching over. got cold and tired so i gave up on it last night, all i lack now is reassembly. hopefully tonight it will be done, i will have to get diana to position the jack in place while i pick up on the motor though. not the first time i removed the shroud with the motor still "in" the bus > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:37:56 -0600 > From: gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tcb] Re: alternator > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > It can be done. > > Dan didn't believe it, but it CAN be done. > > Maybe not by you though. You're a member of the big-boys club. How big > around are your arms? > > You have to get an arm in front of the shroud up to your elbow and be able > to work a wrench with a 30mm socket attached -- with a lot of force -- to > get the fan nuts off. > > Then you need flexible, small fingers and a thin wrench to get the backing > plate screws that are behind the intake. > > Make sure you note the position of the backing plate and put it back on > EXACTLY right. There's a cooling air scoop that needs to be in the right > place. > > But it can be done. > > G2 > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:47:55 -0600 Brian Denning > <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > how hard is it to remove/install an alternator with the > > motor stabbed? any tips or tricks? keep in mind too i have a > > dog house shroud which ads to the problems. > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:18:22 -0800 > > From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [tcb] Re: alternator > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Take it to your local auto parts store and let them check it for free. > > > > Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > i just scored a bosch alternator for cheap, how can i check it to make > > sure it's good? > > _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join