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I can't believe it's taken this long to track down a 130mm x M10 shoulder bolt! But I found a pair on eBay and they've arrived in first class post. Great service from Spalding Fasteners.

Refitting the alternator with the correct length bolt was a great relief. The best I'd found was a 120mm M10 from B&Q but I could just see this alternator ripping off and shredding my engine bay. So I am glad I waited and found the correct bolt. And I have a spare.

It was a little like Haynes say "refitting is the reversal of removal" but with almost zero degree temps in my garage - my little blower heater keeping the ice age at bay - it was a fiddly affair.

I'd left the tension arm bolt in place to have the correct tension on the belt when refitted - the problem of course was then getting the alternator to line up with the fixing bolt. In the end I used a little ingenuity and pushed it up into place with the trolley jack from MachineMart as recommended by Car Mechanics magazine. I just wish I thought of it a little sooner - that garage floor is like a sheet of ice!

So with the alternator all back in place and the battery hooked up I was eager to see what the voltage was running through the system with the car running. I checked and rechecked, with all the electrics running (lights, stereo & heater), and the voltage was a stonking 14.74v. Brilliant.

Now I can just get out and drive this baby!
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