(16-06-2015, 11:23 AM)mr_fish Wrote: that alternator did look a bit of an arse to get at.
When I had my very 1st metro, people said you had to practically lift the engine out to do an alternator change on one of these! I only found this way of doing it, from when I was sorting the red one out. I passed the info on to the metro owners club. ( did them a guide a while ago) even did a rad up grade guide to for them.
Also while I was out, I found out what the nasty knock is, I have a nut and bolt holding the spare wheel in place. due to the captive nut coming away from the boot floor. ( I will have bond another one in) anyway the bolt is too long and every time I am going over a speed bump at high speed, the jack knocks against it. I found this out while I gave the car some stick on the coast road, on route to my local car tuning place. I wanted to get something checked out, and the have told me that the oil seals are failing, But they have told me I can put some stuff in it to fix that. They said it could be due to the car engine getting on a bit or due to the fact its not been really used. Sad thing is now, they are closing down, on Friday. The owner is retiring and this was the last old school tuning garage left! He was highly recommend too! So I am going to be practically f*cked now in sunderland for car tuning!