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My son's girlfriend's Uno 1.0 seems to be suffering from a squealing alternator belt. Being the good samaritan I offered to adjust it, then I opened the bonnet! Can any BRs offer some advise on adjustment to save me trying to figure it out tomorrow morning as it all seems hidden from view.
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Assuming your 1.0 is the "FIRE" engine (OHC, exhaust down the front), and similar to the Panda....
The adjuster nut is (just) accessible from the top with a good combination spanner ( possibly 16mm ), at the side of the engine on the UK drivers side, towards the rear.
I have been known to use a wooden handled hammer shaft as leverage between the alternator body and the engine block to apply sufficient belt tension, while I re-tighten the adjuster nut.
If you're unlucky and the mounting bolt is too tight for it to pivot - that's accessed from underneath at the back of the engine.
If you get into the realms of a new belt, there is a cover/guard plate accessed from inside the wheel arch (wheel off, two, maybe three self tappers for the plate), which gives a better view of things, including the engine pulley which drives the belt.
HTH.
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Thanks HTH. Just as you said. All done now.
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