Jeremy L-Jones
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- Mar 15, 2010
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Strange noises from the front yesterday so after a quick look saw that all 3 drive belts were slack and needed replacing. As I had a set of new belts I decided to get on and do it today. Wish I'd done it in the summer...All went well if a little slowly as it was cold working on the streets where in live in North London. Unfortunately, perhaps due to lack of coffee, I loosened the alternator retaining bolt at the bottom under the pulley too much and it came out. Once the new belts were in place it was a right bugger to get the bolt back in and as darkness set in, despite an array of headtorches and a battery fluorescent I couldn't finish off so the bottom retaining bolt is in place, doesn't seem to want to tighten and is difficult to extract. I've done most of the sensible things including running a narrow object through the opening to make sure everything is lined up but for something so simple it's proving difficult. As I was trying one last time I managed to thump the joint at the base of my thumb making things very painful.
If anyone else has had similar experience and can suggest a clever trick I'd be very grateful for some advice.
Thanks and hope everyone is well.
Jeremy
If anyone else has had similar experience and can suggest a clever trick I'd be very grateful for some advice.
Thanks and hope everyone is well.
Jeremy