My battery light came on and stayed on and so I will take my alternator off. With little room I am looking carefully at each bolt first. I will take off the steering pump and nearby top engine mount. But what about the rear bottom engine mount? Does that help stabilise when the top mount is taken off and the engine is jacked up high on the drives side? Or is it easier with the rear bottom mount taken off?
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Alternator change - which engine mounts to remove by Ed3
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Arctic
(Trader)
I do the alternator change from the bottom undo the compressor and set that aside it will rest on the sub frame once you bend back a little metal tang, then the alternator come off quite easy takes about an hour.
Pearl Firefrost
ARCTIC
ARCTIC
One time I did the change, also did it from underneath. Same method as Steve.
Thanks Steve & Duncan, Do the air con pipes stay connected - no leaks?
Ed3 wrote:Thanks Steve & Duncan, Do the air con pipes stay connected - no leaks?
Yes. Makes it a little awkward to move the compressor, but entirely doable.
