Just yanked the alt. out today. What a piece of junk setup that was. After 2.5 hours I started to get really ticked off. Had every bolt off from here to Kansas and the thing was still wedged in such a way that you couldn't release enough tension to get the belts off. Finally pryed them off and hopefully didn't damage them. I can't believe anyone designed such a stupid deal. Perhaps its my gray market machine coming back to bite me. Never have done the other MB that I have so I can't compare.

Not looking forward to reinstalling because there is virtually no maneuvering room up there.

Don

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