Hi!

Time's running out for me to get my Brava 1.9TD100 going again as the tax runs out this month, and 0.0001 seconds after it runs out there'll be a complaint on Fix My Street about it...!!!

Anyway I'm still stuck with that lousy generator which I can't get out (I have to work outside and this weekend is the first (after four months of rain, snow and freezing-cold weather!) its been dry and warm enough to do anything to it!

1) Can someone ***please*** tell me how to go about it as I've been heaving and struggling all day trying to remove the driver's side front suspension-arm and unbolt the hub-assembly from the strut to try and make space to get it out - its not an option to leave it in and drive it somewhere to get it done professionally as the battery goes flat so quick that it wouldn't last me the distance to Motormec - the old alternator has a short-circuit rectifier unit!

2) Anyone got any ideas for removing a rusty brake disc? I've got the old pads/calipers out but the wretched thing looks like a welded fixture - its not of course - there's so much rust and crud round the hub-flange! It's got no hope of getting MOT'd with the discs the state they are - I've got new ones & pads on order and I've already got caliper-seals, new pad-fixing springs and front flexible hoses for it! Is it OK to wire-brush the outside of calipers?

3) What sort of tool do I need to get to separate the drive-shaft from the intermediate flange? I got a hex-bit set from Halfords but the bits are far too short (surprise-surprise!) - another gripe of mine is that Halford's so-called purpose-made tools won't do the job they're allegedly sold for - I've just made the same discovery with one of their so called "Diesel Injector Sockets" - it won't even fit over the thing! (Lucas LCR type)

Chris Williams

Hi!

So far I've managed to unbolt the driveshaft from the transmission-flange, remove the hub from the drop-link (I can't shift the hub from the wishbone ball-joint yet - its too stiff!!!) and remove the bottom alternator nut/bolt, but the top one's an even worse swine to get out, and it looks like the large banjo-union and fluid pipe from the pas pump to the steering rack is in the way as well - do I have to unbolt this as well? - the wretched thing won't budge and my hair's already covered in spilt ATF as it is!!!

I can't drop the engine right down as the intermediate drive-shaft flange fouls on the front crossmember and I'm certainly *NOT* going to try and take that out - I haven't the strength or the time-tax runs out on the 30th!!!!

Come on somebody, *SOMEONE* must have done alternator removal on a diesel Brava - I need some tips here and time's rapidly running out!!! I first asked about this Brava alternator swap ***over a year ago*** and nobody's bothered to reply yet!!!

Chris Williams

Sorry there isnt much I can help with here, hopefully some other members can. In the meantime I have searched for any other related threads;

https://www.fiatforum.com/doblo/130218-doblo-deisel-elx-jtd-52-plate-alternator-replacement.html

https://www.fiatforum.com/bravo-brava/214951-bravo-1-9jtd-alternator.html

https://www.fiatforum.com/bravo-brava/166251-anyone-changed-alternator-bravo-jtd.html

Hi!

Part umpteen...!!!

I've now finally managed to unbolt and disconnect that lousy gen., but its jamming between the front-crossmember and the engine on the way out!!!

1) How do I get the two or three inches more clearance to get the thing out and the new one in?

2) Should there be a spacer between the pas pump and its support flange? ePER doesn't show one in the alternator drawing my copy produced!

3) There's a longish piece of that corrugated ali. ducting that was clipped to a vent duct on the top of the alternator brush-cover, which then goes up to a large wiring-clip behind the injector-pump then disappears unseen somewhere!!! Anybody know anything about it? - I can't find any trace of it on ePER or any indication where it goes!!!

Chris Williams

Supposedly there are several ways to get it out. The one method someone told me was to remove the drivers side spring/shock complete. Remove the plastic arch liners and remove it through the gap.

If you need extra clearance, support the engine and undo the engine mounting bolts on the drivers side and push it over.

Besides that I can't help you any more.

I got a mechanic change my JTDs alternator for that very reason.