Cinquecento/Seicento Seicento 1108 Alternator removal and refitting

1. Disconnect the earth lead from the battery (for safety - don't want to be shorting any electrics here do we?). Discoonect the two wires from the back of the alternator (one is a simple terminal and the other is bolted on). This done you can attck the mounting bolts.

2. You will need to initially loosten the mounting bolts with a 16mm spanner as the allen key won't be beefy enough. However, when loostening the top adjusting bolt use an open ended spanner and not a ring spanner. The reason is it gets trapped by the drive belt and wont budge, which means you have to cut the belt like I did (I was replacing the belt anyway, but that's not the point)

3. Once loostened you will find it easier to continue to remove them with the allen key. Fully remove the bottom mounting bolt first and then the top adjusting bolt.

4. You will find that in the final stages this bolt will foul the engine mount, but by holding the alternator at an angle and with some patience you should be able to get the bolt out.