Replace New Beetle Alternator - a guide.

CoJoNEs said:

1 being closest to the round part of the D and 2 being closest to the square side. Assuming your clip looks like this http://www.idparts.com/alternator-connector-a4-p-2340.html

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tvandermeuse said:

THANK YOU CoJoNEs

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Dave89 said:

So I'm trying this project on my 98 beetle. Followed all the steps and I go to slide the alternator out and it seems to hit the power steering pump before I get very far out at all. Is the ps pump in a different location on the 98's vs all the other alh's or am I just not wiggling or moving the alternator right? Does that pump need to move to get it out?

Thanks in advance.

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jokila said:

The power steering pump is above the alternator. I don't know how you would be hitting that.

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Dave89 said:

Yea I know it is, I used a pry bar while laying underneath the car and the alternator started moving like I would expect and then it came to a hard stop. A guy came see the best up in there but it sure looks like it is tight up against the bottom of the ps pump and the a/c compressor bracket wont let it move down to clear it. If no one else has had the problem on a 98 I'll assume ur right and I'm just moving it right. Appreciate the input!

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oilhammer said:

Early 1998 ALH NBs do use the old style Bosch alternator, which is a tiny bit bigger (same one the AHU cars use).

I cannot tell you about clearance issues, though, as I generally do all ALH NB alternators "by the book" and pull the front clip loose. It is just so easy to do, I don't care about the time involved, I don't like fighting anything. I think the labor time is something like 4 hours, but seriously it does not take that long even taking everything off. Hardest part is getting the headlights out, so if you can change a headlight bulb in one, you literally have already done the worst of it. The rest is cake easy, just a bunch of Torx screws really.

Seriously, if you watched me take an NB front clip off, you'd see just how easy and stress free it is. Then the lock carrier can be slid out into service position in about 30 seconds, and you will now have PLENTY of room to swap the alternator. Laughable it is so easy, I wish every car was as easy to take apart and put back together.

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oilhammer said:

Early 1998 ALH NBs do use the old style Bosch alternator, which is a tiny bit bigger (same one the AHU cars use).

I cannot tell you about clearance issues, though, as I generally do all ALH NB alternators "by the book" and pull the front clip loose. It is just so easy to do, I don't care about the time involved, I don't like fighting anything. I think the labor time is something like 4 hours, but seriously it does not take that long even taking everything off. Hardest part is getting the headlights out, so if you can change a headlight bulb in one, you literally have already done the worst of it. The rest is cake easy, just a bunch of Torx screws really.

Seriously, if you watched me take an NB front clip off, you'd see just how easy and stress free it is. Then the lock carrier can be slid out into service position in about 30 seconds, and you will now have PLENTY of room to swap the alternator. Laughable it is so easy, I wish every car was as easy to take apart and put back together.

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oilhammer said:

The bumper cover and front fenders come off the NB in one big chunk.

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