re: Milano alternator fun

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

At 6:36 PM +0000 9/23/02, alfa-digest wrote:
> Installing the new one would be easy...or so we thought. It took about an
> hour and a half to get the holes lined up properly and it screwed down.
> Basically you have to do it by feel because you can't see jack. It's much
> like threading a needle while this hot pipe is searing your arm. We
> eventually grabbed a skewer. We put it through the screw hole (lower) in the
> regulator and into the hole in the alternator, this kept it in place while
> we tightened the top screw. After that was done we were able to finally get
> the
> lower portions tightened down correctly.
>
> I turned over my Milano and TA-DAH! Battery light was off. All fixed.
>
> What have I learned: There is no easy job. Set aside at least 2 hours for
> even the				   simplest task. It will 
> take longer and you will rack your
> knuckles.
Ah, yes--this is one of those jobs that I started at 5:30 and told my 
parents I'd be in for dinner at 6:00--oops.  (And I might have been 
smart enough to let the exhaust cool down first, too. ;-)

Joe
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