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[TheBoy]

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That's HOW it got pinned .. WHY is a different matter

In two words...   ...Wood and Kevin

He been at the Home Brew already ??    

'Round here, that sort of thing is known as "doing a Terbert".

[Kevin Wood]

Wondering why this is pinned      

Button pressed.

That's HOW it got pinned .. WHY is a different matter

In two words...   ...Wood and Kevin

He been at the Home Brew already ??    

A rather nice Timothy Taylor Landlord clone, as it happens.

Wondering why this is pinned      

Button pressed.

That's HOW it got pinned .. WHY is a different matter

In two words...   ...Wood and Kevin

He been at the Home Brew already ??    

'Round here, that sort of thing is known as "doing a Terbert".

Hmm. Quite possibly. I do wish the sticky button would ask for confirmation. It's a bit close to the Post button, you see.

[Kevin Wood]

Oh, "bangleberries" I @rsed that up too.

[TheBoy]

Oh, "bangleberries" I @rsed that up too.

How many Landlords?

[feeutfo]

Ipad for Xmas was it?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Thats the lower current 120A XA variant alternator and not the later XJ 140A one.

Vx parts counter f-up

As for removal, there dead easy, off and on in well under an hour.

[feeutfo]

Took me 3 hours just to get the bloody thing off.

I'd be interested to hear how to tackle the top bolt. And nut. Mine was fitted with the nut nearest the bag pipes. So bolt in from the back.

I removed it from underneath, Kev says he did his from the top by removing the water bottle to get to the top nut, which suggests my bolt was fitted differently.

It can't be on its second alternator surely?

[kcl]

in my car top bolt entered rear to front, so nut was in front. Lower vice versa. I did not remove anything else... or I can not remember I did 

[feeutfo]

in my car top bolt entered rear to front, so nut was in front. Lower vice versa. I did not remove anything else... or I can not remember I did 

Bag pipes have to come out. Which on Dbw means moving the plenum.

I waisted time by removing the aux tensioner, which means moving the cable tray, in the hope that the alternator would then swing out with the bottom bolt removed, to allow access to the top nut and bolt. It didn't help.

My arm barely fits between the sump and subframe, and I need something longer to reach through to the top torx bolt. I just couldn't get on the bolt head.

I'll try moving the water bottle and tackle it from the top.

[TheBoy]

in my car top bolt entered rear to front, so nut was in front. Lower vice versa. I did not remove anything else... or I can not remember I did 

Bag pipes have to come out. Which on Dbw means moving the plenum.

I waisted time by removing the aux tensioner, which means moving the cable tray, in the hope that the alternator would then swing out with the bottom bolt removed, to allow access to the top nut and bolt. It didn't help.

My arm barely fits between the sump and subframe, and I need something longer to reach through to the top torx bolt. I just couldn't get on the bolt head.

I'll try moving the water bottle and tackle it from the top.

Why is DBW different?

[feeutfo]

in my car top bolt entered rear to front, so nut was in front. Lower vice versa. I did not remove anything else... or I can not remember I did 

Bag pipes have to come out. Which on Dbw means moving the plenum.

I waisted time by removing the aux tensioner, which means moving the cable tray, in the hope that the alternator would then swing out with the bottom bolt removed, to allow access to the top nut and bolt. It didn't help.

My arm barely fits between the sump and subframe, and I need something longer to reach through to the top torx bolt. I just couldn't get on the bolt head.

I'll try moving the water bottle and tackle it from the top.

Why is DBW different?

Because the plenum is longer?

[feeutfo]

in my car top bolt entered rear to front, so nut was in front. Lower vice versa. I did not remove anything else... or I can not remember I did 

Bag pipes have to come out. Which on Dbw means moving the plenum.

I waisted time by removing the aux tensioner, which means moving the cable tray, in the hope that the alternator would then swing out with the bottom bolt removed, to allow access to the top nut and bolt. It didn't help.

My arm barely fits between the sump and subframe, and I need something longer to reach through to the top torx bolt. I just couldn't get on the bolt head.

I'll try moving the water bottle and tackle it from the top.

Why is DBW different?

Because the plenum is longer?

Oh I see what you mean.

Ok, scratch that. Long plenum needs to be moved. (Remembering TB has a long plenum with cable) bloody mini face lift.

[Marks DTM Calib]

They can simply be moved aside, easier on DBW than 3.0 with extended plenum.

Never had issues with the bolts on any of the V6 variants, its simply a case of getting a spanner on the top bolt.

Woth making sure the sliding spacers on the alternator are retracted to make fitting easier

[feeutfo]

Plus there's lpg, cables and crap some eejit installed around the place.

[TheBoy]

in my car top bolt entered rear to front, so nut was in front. Lower vice versa. I did not remove anything else... or I can not remember I did 

Bag pipes have to come out. Which on Dbw means moving the plenum.

I waisted time by removing the aux tensioner, which means moving the cable tray, in the hope that the alternator would then swing out with the bottom bolt removed, to allow access to the top nut and bolt. It didn't help.

My arm barely fits between the sump and subframe, and I need something longer to reach through to the top torx bolt. I just couldn't get on the bolt head.

I'll try moving the water bottle and tackle it from the top.

Why is DBW different?

Because the plenum is longer?

Oh I see what you mean.

Ok, scratch that. Long plenum needs to be moved. (Remembering TB has a long plenum with cable) bloody mini face lift.

Post 98 3.0l have the extended plenum.  Plenum does not need removing to get bagpipes out IME on non DBW.  Not sure I've ever had bagpipes out of a DBW when not doing the cambelt  (or fitting LPG, in both cases, plenum has to come off anyway)