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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by DTMiller » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:22 am

How the hell does the alternator come out.
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by DTMiller » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:43 am

So this is super fun. Alternator needs to twist counter clockwise but the bushings are so tight it won't move. Suggestions?
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by Kalashnikov » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:13 am

Top bushing is what holds it DTM. It is a spring loaded bushing. You need to back the top bolt out about half inch and then pound it with hammer and piece of wood to make the bushing retract. I spent hours pounding on it to make it give.
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by Kalashnikov » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:16 am

Read the bushing part and look at pics.

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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by gnat » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:18 am

kcattorney wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:06 am What's the over/under on volume of alcohol involved?
To be fair to the guy, he wasn't the one drinking from a growler all day at the track...
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by DTMiller » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:32 am

Kalashnikov wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:13 am Top bushing is what holds it DTM. It is a spring loaded bushing. You need to back the top bolt out about half inch and then pound it with hammer and piece of wood to make the bushing retract. I spent hours pounding on it to make it give.
Thanks. Yeah, I'm taking a break because it's hot as balls today and the how to I read said to give that bushing a "tap" not pound on it like $10 hooker and your wifes conference ended a day early. So back at it tomorrow maybe. Everything was going smoothly until then. You know, the parts you can't screw up.
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by FRUNKenstein » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:35 am

DTMiller wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:43 am So this is super fun. Alternator needs to twist counter clockwise but the bushings are so tight it won't move. Suggestions?
Maybe spit on it?
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by sweet victory » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:45 am

DTMiller wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:43 am So this is super fun. Alternator needs to twist counter clockwise but the bushings are so tight it won't move. Suggestions?
Penetrating fluid (preferably not the kind you make yourself), soft mallet, or 8" pry bar. Mine wouldn't budge til I use a small prybar with a rag wrapped around it, and used that to rotate the alternator. Wouldn't budge till I got the right angle of the dangle. You want to shear the crud holding the alternator to the bushing, anything else and you will be trying to bend it. (And loose)

Also, don't forget to break the plastic coolant connector next to it.
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by wyovino » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:16 pm

Any update? My replacement filler hose just arrived today, along with new spark plugs and coil packs. Oh joy.
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Re: The dreaded oil filler tube

Post by DTMiller » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:02 pm

Too damn hot and I'm at the track Friday so prepping for that. Next week hopefully.
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