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BDD · 07-27-2008

O.K. In the 1973 FSM (bastard creation that it is), after removing the bottom pivot bolt that holds the alternator in, the last step in "Alternator Removal" is "Rotate down and Remove Alternator". Now with the GT at least, this is just a cruel lie. It looks as if that will never happen as long as alternators remain incompressible. That is just how the FSM is in many cases.

Rotating it around and tipping it on end, fan side up, it looks as if I might come close to getting it out through the top by angling the projecting "arms" or "bosses" on the casting (where the bolts mount) to the places where there is some space for them (across the car between the distributor and radiator).

Is removing or just loosening the fan shroud enough to get the alternator out? The shorud and fan blades are a bit elastic and it might be able to be forced past them.

What's the secret here that Opel saw fit to not print? I would rather not remove the distributor or the radiator, or the pedal arm to the brake booster, or the steering shaft below which are all in the way depending on which way it get's out and the new one gets in.

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BDD Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 605	Gt alternator removal O.K. In the 1973 FSM (bastard creation that it is), after removing the bottom pivot bolt that holds the alternator in, the last step in "Alternator Removal" is "Rotate down and Remove Alternator". Now with the GT at least, this is just a cruel lie. It looks as if that will never happen as long as alternators remain incompressible. That is just how the FSM is in many cases. Rotating it around and tipping it on end, fan side up, it looks as if I might come close to getting it out through the top by angling the projecting "arms" or "bosses" on the casting (where the bolts mount) to the places where there is some space for them (across the car between the distributor and radiator). Is removing or just loosening the fan shroud enough to get the alternator out? The shorud and fan blades are a bit elastic and it might be able to be forced past them. What's the secret here that Opel saw fit to not print? I would rather not remove the distributor or the radiator, or the pedal arm to the brake booster, or the steering shaft below which are all in the way depending on which way it get's out and the new one gets in.