friend has a 240D with an alternator with a problem. the mounting bracket is bent somehow and the star bolt is no longer working so i need to get at it, but the york compressor is in the way.
the FSM says to remove the compressor the entire bracket has to come off, but that procedure seems crappy to say the least. i only had a chance to glance at it last night, can the compressor be motivated to come off some other way? its not working so brute force would be somewhat of an option...

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

I just crawled under my car to adjust the alternator belt.....I could clearly see the four bolts I believe it is, that holds the alternator bracket to the block......if its just the star bolt....the alternator bracket doesn't need to come off to remove the star bolt and bracket it fits into....

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over the years apparently people had been prying on the bracket , bending it to get more tension on the belt? so i need to replace both the alternator mounting bracket and the star bolt. think that could be done from underneath ?

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

You shouldn't need to remove to ac compressor and bracket to get to the alternator and it's mounting. If you do remove the ac mounting definitely do remove the whole bracket and all in one piece. Especially if you plan to reinstall it.

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Current fleet
2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

I honestly do.....you would need a to post a photo of the bracket for us to help more....but I highly doubt the bracket is the issue...here is a diagram showing the components of the bracket...

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