Alternator

I enjoyed this one.  I had already been given an alternator for free when I purchased my flywheel, unfortunately the brackets didn't fit so I thought I would save the time and effort required and went for the GBS kit.  Everything required to fit the alternator is in the kit:

The brackets are all power coated and its obvious they are very good quality - one of the good things I like about the GBS supplied parts.  The bad thing is they came with no instructions only a note saying download them off the kitspares site; the problem with that is they are a set of pictures.   From what I could see the pictures were also of two different types of alternator and brackets (I think!).

It felt a little bit like when you buy Ikea furniture, at first it makes no sense at all but when you are half way though it all comes together.  Anyway if you do buy the kit you will have no problems fitting it and working out how it fits together, for me it was a nice and easy couple of hours work:

You can see I removed one of the metal "bolts" in the block, both need to be removed and are not required.

The tensioner pulley is attached as per the picture.  I had to take it off at first go as I mounted it in the hole above the manifold (I wasn't paying attention...).  It also connects to the front of the block and is very sturdy:

Next we have to remove the lifting eye and fit the bracket which is attached to the rear of the alternator top hole:

There are a number of washers required to make sure the alternator is square, I used a piece of wood at the front to check.

The bottom bracket connects to the engine block and again a few washers are required to pad out the bottom bolt.  Time to fit the belt:

And complete:

The tension looks OK but I need to check how to tension it up correctly - I guess I will find out later on!