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In the end, lewis got it freed off using Irwin bolt grips, highly recommended (both of them)

Cheers for the comments chaps

Putting a kit together for a 1MZ V6 MR2 auto shortly..... details to follow....

Irwin bolt grips

I have nothing but praise for Lewis, I have been struggling to remove the siezed pivot bolt from my alternator so gave him a call. He turned up at my house and had the bolt, bracket and alternator out of the car in an hour! Nice guy, knows his stuff on mr2's and is a hero at removing stubbon bolts! ...

My question is, can you remove the bracket with the alternator still attached? I'm yet to get a definative answer!

I've managed to move the alternator slight hitting it with a hammer and my breaker bar, enough so that I have now removed the belt. I've tried a shedload of heat and the 14mm Bolt Grips and the 13mm bolt grips, neither of these can get enough purchase to shift the damn thing. I'm giving up at this p...

Going to have another go with the impact driver and bolt grips tomorrow.... we shall see what happens

Skywalker wrote:driveshaft only in the way for the turbos

It's an N/A, does that mean I can remove the entire alternator bracket assembly without taking the alternator off the bracket? If so where are the bolts?

I've unbolted the suspension to get more access on the drivers side.

I'm not sure if it's of any interest any more, but I found another Toyota steering wheel with shift buttons (i.e. not paddles). MK2 Aristo has a similar setup to the VVTi Supra: Image Replaced With URL For Quote http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh106/Big_Pete1985/Ace%20Cafe%20Oct%202010/DSC_0065....

Hi,

I've tried every concievable way to remove the pivot bolt from the alternator to but its siezed solid. Can you remove the entire bracket and alternator from the engine in situ?

Thanks in advance,

Si

All you need now is some sorta gear indicator... I'm sure you'll knock that up in a jiffy The plan is to add a rotary switch A-La ferrari style to switch between flaps off, road and race modes and to add a little 7 segment display to tell you what gear you're in. I've ordered the parts but it needs...

I've finally got a test drive video together. Thanks to Adam for filming this at JAE and editing it.... I don't think i'm really cut out for TV apearances though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-5ZoYZe5CA

Sounds like an air lock, did you drain the air from the top of the heater matrix using the plastic tubes?

Have a look at :
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=38

Leaving from manchester at about 5.30 - 6pm as I've got to pick the missus up from work if anyone is heading down later on in the day....

The issue is with the standard front fog light switch.... does anyone know where the solid green wire is routed?

Finally given "gordon" as he's affectionaly known (by lady G) a good clean over the bank holiday, this was a good days worth of polishing with a buffer, super resin polish and then finished with autoglym super gloss sealer.... I think its come out pretty well! http://img155.imageshack.us/i...

I've been having a look at the foglight wiring as I couldn't seem to get either the front or rear foglights on. After a bit of fettling I found that the wiring connector for the foglight was not plugged into the switch. I also noticed some of the insulation on the black and white wire was a bit melt...

Cheers for the comments chaps.... I'm within days now of getting a road test video (famous last words) \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ Fitted the resistors to the switches and wired them to the horn wiring. I've use 310ohm and 500ohm resistors for up shift and down shift respectivly. These reduce the voltage to get ...

Swap the sidelights and indicators round Image Replaced With URL For Quote http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n281/blz-8027/lights/winchesterzoo563.jpg Image Replaced With URL For Quote http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n281/blz-8027/lights/winchesterzoo560.jpg Where did you get your flat tobleron...

Having had the flaps in the car for a week or two, they are wholy unworkable in their current state, the microswitches have far to much play, they feel to flimsy and the flaps stick out too much and catch your hands, i'm thinking about an alternative diy solution but for the moment i've ordered some...