Nina - Sounds like you removed the slider with the alt but left the slider
bolt tight? Even with the same belt and pulley I would expect you to have
problems getting the fixing bolts back in that way as the belt is (or should
be) under a some tension even though the adjustment is nominally "1/2in of
free play in the longest run". You will have to slacken the slider bolt to
get the other three in. You can tighten the fixed end of the slider but
leave the two bottom bolts on the alt loose enough to move it, then pul back
on the alt and nip up the slider bolt and check the belt tension. When it
is OK tighten all bolts and recheck tension.
PaulH.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nina Barton <ninab@scoresheet.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 06 February 1999 02:09
Subject: 71B Alternator
>Hi everyone,
> Last problem I had was with the brake master cylinder, and after a
>whole 2 days of driving pleasure, the alternator went out on me. So I
>spent some time learning electrics, and determined the unit was bad. Had
>it rebuilt at a local alternator shop here, and I'm having trouble getting
>all the bolts back in. This may be merely that I haven't wanted to move
>the tensioning bolt for the fan belt, or the pulley which they put on the
>freshly rebuilt alternator is different, but I'm not sure. So, for the
>novice question of the night, do I have to loosen the tension on the fan
>belt to get everything to line up properly, or does someone have a photo of
>an alternator I could look at? Haynes has a picture of a bare alternator,
>but the part I want to see isn't shown, and Bentley isn't too much better.
>For all the MG books I have, I haven't found a clear picture yet.. Thanks
>in advance, Nina
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