alternator conundrum

[James at ringsperformance.com]

>To get it out of the pivot to adjust the belt tension, I
>really had to pry it out, and now of course, I'm having
>even greater difficulty in getting it back in there

A self-tightening slip bushing is in one side of the cast-aluminum mount.
Look carefully with a bright light and you will spot it. Use a hammer or a
pry bar to move the bushing outward just a touch. The alternator will then
slip right in; when you tighten the hinge bolt, it will pull the bushing
back up snug to keep the alternator from rattling around.

>another question: is there one wire from the alternator to the battery?

Yes. It runs under the passenger's feet, where there is a troublesome splice
(similar to team door-handle, going by the handy moniker Team Jump-start).
The other wires go to the starter and the jump post. This splice can be
blamed or exonerated by measuring the voltage at the jump post and at the
battery posts. Show some appreciation for Scott Mockry's superb page at
http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/elec.html.

cu, James Marriott
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