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Ok, I'm doing an Alternator upgrade and am literally stuck at the last hurdle of physically removing the alternator.
Check the pic's below for my set-up (1.6SE BCB '03)
My questions are:
1: I have not put in the 'maintenance position' yet but is the direction of alternator removal TOWARDS the bumper & NOT left or right? Or is it up/down?
2: I have removed on the alternator the two long bolts, the positive to alternator & 8mm small nut to rear of alternator so is there ANY other things holding this on?
3: If I need to pry it out where to put the crow/pry-bar? See pic for idea of to the rear of alternator near the engine?
4: Just how the flip do I get this out as when I pull left/right/up/down the whole engine moves!!!
I have followed my Haynes (not very helpful for last stage) and read several forum posts on this so this is testing my manhood/want to replace the alternator so let me know what works before I give up / contemplate paying the stealership £200 just to remove the heavy little frigger!


Check the pic's below for my set-up (1.6SE BCB '03)
My questions are:
1: I have not put in the 'maintenance position' yet but is the direction of alternator removal TOWARDS the bumper & NOT left or right? Or is it up/down?
2: I have removed on the alternator the two long bolts, the positive to alternator & 8mm small nut to rear of alternator so is there ANY other things holding this on?
3: If I need to pry it out where to put the crow/pry-bar? See pic for idea of to the rear of alternator near the engine?
4: Just how the flip do I get this out as when I pull left/right/up/down the whole engine moves!!!
I have followed my Haynes (not very helpful for last stage) and read several forum posts on this so this is testing my manhood/want to replace the alternator so let me know what works before I give up / contemplate paying the stealership £200 just to remove the heavy little frigger!

