How do I Replace the Alternator on an Audi A6?


1. Open the engine compartment and disconnect the negative battery cable using a wrench to loosen the nut. Disconnect the alternator wires using a wrench to remove the nuts. Unplug the alternator wiring harness.
2. Turn the adjusting bolt counterclockwise using a socket and ratchet until the belt loosens enough to remove it. Pull the alternator belt off the alternator pulley.
3. Remove the mounting bolts from the alternator with a socket and ratchet. Pull the alternator out of the engine compartment.
4. Put the new alternator on the engine and tighten the bolts. Put the alternator belt on the alternator pulley and turn the adjusting bolt clockwise until the belt reaches the proper tension. The belt is at its proper tension when you are able to depress the longest span of the belt ¼ of an inch with your finger.
5. Connect the alternator wires and tighten the nuts with the wrench. Plug the alternator wiring harness in and reconnect the negative battery cable.
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How to Be a Dresser for Fashion Week


1. Research fashion week events in your target area. Learn who is sponsoring the event, which design houses are involved and locate nearby design colleges. People in the local community who are involved in fashion week year after year often play a role in placing volunteer personnel.
2. Scour the Internet for job openings or volunteer internships. You might find these on Craigslist or on design house websites. If you want to work at Miami's annual swimwear event named Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, you can apply directly on the fashion week website.State that you want to dress models or you could end up stuffing goodie bags. Make sure to include your credentials in your application. Being enrolled in fashion school or knowing how to use a needle and thread sets you apart from the crowd.
3. If you're in design school, contact your career office. Designers often get interns from universities. If you want to dress models for New York City's Fashion Week, being enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology can give you an inside advantage. Barbara Berman, one of FIT's faculty members, has placed students. She also runs BB's Backstage, a dressing company.
4. Contact the designer's PR firm to ask who's in charge of volunteers. Contact the volunteer coordinator with your resume.
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BMW 1987 Gas Tank Won#039;t Open


1. Unlock the doors by placing the ignition key into the door lock and turn to the right. Unlocking the doors also unlocks the trunk.
2. Lift the trunk lid.
3. Pull back the carpet located inside the trunk on the side of the fuel tank.
4. Press the manual release fuel door button.
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How to Take Off the Passenger Mirror From a BMW


1. Push the left side of the mirror lens into the mirror housing with your hand. With the left side of the mirror lens pushed into the housing, the right side of the lens is forced outside of the shell.
2. Grasp the right side of the mirror with your hand and pull the mirror off the plastic post. You will feel the metal brackets spread apart as you pull on the mirror. This is normal.
3. Place the new mirror into the housing. The housing forces the brackets on the mirror to center up with the plastic post inside the housing.
4. Push on the face of the mirror with your hand to force the metal brackets to spread apart and wrap around the plastic post. You will feel the mirror lens seat on the plastic post.
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How to Install an Audi Allroad Air Filter


1. Pop the hood and locate the air filter. It's on the passenger side of the engine bay and connected via tubing from the throttle body on the engine to the filter box.
2. Unclip the air filter box cover from the bottom manually. There are four clips on either side of the box, and pushing them apart on the sides will release the cover.
3. Lift the cover up to reveal the air filter. Pull out the filter and insert the replacement filter manually. Once it's in place, clip the cover back into position.
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How to Change the Alternator on a 1992 Mercedes Benz 300E


Removal
1. Disconnect the negative battery cable using the correct size wrench. It's usually 10 mm. Locate the alternator and disconnect the wiring harness attached to the back with a 10 mm wrench.
2. Loosen the pivot bolt connected to the alternator bracket. This will allow you to remove the Mercedes serpentine belt from the alternator pulley. If you are not replacing the serpentine belt, try to keep it aligned with the other pulleys. This will lessen the work of realigning it with the pulleys during re-installation.
3. Loosen and remove the bottom bolt attached through the alternator to the alternator bracket. This may be easier if you are under the vehicle. Remove the upper pivot bolt by sliding it out of the alternator bracket. Pull out the alternator.
Replacement
4. Slide the new alternator into place between the bracket. Push the upper pivot bolt through the bracket and alternator. Do not tighten. Slide the lower alternator bolt through the bracket and the alternator. Torque the bolt using your torque wrench to 15 foot-pounds.
5. Pull the upper alternator bolt out and slide the existing serpentine belt around the alternator pulley. Replace the upper alternator bolt. While pulling the alternator to the left to create tension in the belt, tighten the upper alternator bolt to 15 foot-pounds.
6. Reconnect the existing wring harness to the back of the alternator using the 10 mm wrench. Reconnect the negative battery cable using the same wrench.
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How to Replace the Battery on a Smart Key


1. Slide the release mechanism located on the bottom of the Smart Key to the side. While holding the release mechanism to the side, lift up on the bottom portion to pull this part away from the Smart Key. This part consists of a long straight item and a portion of the Smart Key cover. Release the locking mechanism.
2. Slide the straight portion of the removed item into the opening that has now been created by removing that section of the Smart Key. Press this item along the side of the unit to attempt to crack open or separate the front from the back of the smart key. Once the unit has been cracked open, lift the top away from the bottom of the unit.
3. Remove the green circuit board from the bottom portion of the Smart Key. Flip the circuit board upside down to locate the cell battery. Simply lift up on the cell battery for removal.
4. Place a new cell battery into the battery housing unit. Place the circuit board, with the battery side facing downward back into the bottom portion of the Smart Key.
5. Align the top half of the Smart Key over the bottom portion. Push the two pieces together until you hear them snap closed.
6. Slide the portion of the Smart Key that was removed from the bottom back into place. You may hear a snap when the locking mechanism locks the piece back into place.
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How Do I Replace the Radiator on a 2001 BMW 325Ci?


1. Disconnect the electrical plug that goes to the MAF sensor on the air filter housing by pulling it off. Remove the two 10 mm mounting bolts that hold the air box in place. Loosen the large clamp that fastens the air intake hose to the manifold. Remove the air box and the intake hose.
2. Disconnect the electrical connections located on the passenger’s side of the fan shroud. Loosen the large fan bolt (in the middle of the fan) with a large adjustable crescent wrench by turning it clockwise to loosen it. It is reverse threaded. If you cannot loosen the fan belt without the water pump turning, you will need a special tool to hold the water pump while you loosen the bolt, which is available at the BMW dealer or online. Remove the fan and shroud from the engine bay once the fan bolt is loosened.
3. Loosen the front wheel’s lug nuts. Lift the vehicle with a floor jack and lower it onto jack stands. Place a container under the radiator. Loosen the radiator drain plug and let the coolant drain into the container. Move the container under the engine block drain plug, located under the intake manifold. Remove the drain plug bolt and let the coolant drain. Reinstall the drain plugs.
4. Remove the hoses from the radiator expansion tank. Remove the expansion tank by pulling straight up. It may take some effort, but it will come out. Disconnect the electrical connections on the bottom of the tank. Set the expansion tank aside.
5. Loosen the hose clamps that hold the lower radiator hose in place. Remove the radiator hose. You may need to push on the edge of the hose with a screwdriver to get it to slide off. Pull up on the quick-disconnect that holds the transmission cooler in place (on cars with an automatic transmission). Pull the transmission cooler away from the radiator and let it hang on the lines that go to it.
6. Remove the Torx screws on either end of the radiator that hold it in place. Angle the top of the radiator away from the front of the car and pull it straight up and away from the car.
7. Remove the transmission thermostat from the old radiator on cars with automatics and install it on the new radiator with the same Torx screws, or install a new transmission thermostat.
8. Clean the area by the bottom of the radiator mounts with a wire brush or similar so it's free of dirt and debris. Slide the bottom of the new radiator down so the wedges on the bottom of the radiator are lined up with the grooves where the radiator installs.
9. Pull the radiator towards the front of the car until it seats. Reinstall the Torx screws that hold it in place. Reinstall the transmission cooler (on automatic cars) and reconnect the quick-disconnect fitting. Plug the electrical connections back into the radiator.
10. Reconnect the lower radiator hose and tighten the hose clamp. Reinstall the expansion tank by sliding it back into the engine bay. Reconnect the hoses to the tank. Reinstall the air box and the air intake hose. Fill the cooling system with coolant.
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How to Replace the Timing Belt on a 2003 Audi A4


1. Park the Audi A4 in a garage. Drive it up onto car ramps or use a car lift to raise the vehicle onto axle stands to keep the front end at an incline for working space. Ensure the parking brake is set and chock the back wheels to make sure the car isn't going anywhere.
2. Locate the washer fluid hose running to the lower grille on the driver's side of the vehicle and place the drip pan/bucket underneath it to catch the fluid. Pull gently on the hose to detach it from the headlight washers and catch the fluid as it comes out, so you can put it back in later. Leave the hose free.
3. Unclip or detach any further hoses, cables or wiring between you and the timing belt cover if you desire, or push them aside while you work. Unclip the timing belt cover and unscrew the bolts keeping the fan in place using an Allen wrench. Remove the fan.
4. Remove the damper pulley under the fan. Unbolt the bolts with a wrench or socket, and then remove the bolts from the lower timing belt cover in the same fashion. Follow the lines on the cam sprocket and the valve cover to line up the crankshaft, and turn them clockwise until they all line up. Turn the crankshaft with a sprocket tool. Remove the tensioner for the timing belt by unbolting it and remove the old timing belt.
5. Install the new timing belt over the guide pulley and tensioner pulleys within the timing belt case. Remove the bolt on the guide pulley to install the belt, and then slide the belt over the sprockets. Use an Allen wrench to turn the guide pulley and bolt the tensioner back in place.
6. Reverse the entire process to reassemble the car. Ensure the lines on the crankshaft and cam sprocket line up with the valve cover and reassemble the cover. Bolt the damper pulley back in place and reattach the fan. Reclip any wires and plug the hose back in to the headlight washers. Fill the washer fluid container and close the hood.
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How to Replace a 1996 BMW 328i Brake Light


Sedan, Coupe and Convertible Outer Brake Lights
1. Turn the knob counterclockwise 1/4 turn on the taillight cover in the trunk and pull the taillight cover off.
2. Twist the lower inner bulb socket counterclockwise 1/4 turn and remove it from the taillight assembly.
3. Push in and twist the brake-light bulb counterclockwise from the bulb socket and remove it.
4. Put on clean gloves and insert the new brake-light bulb, Sylvania part number 7506LL. Twist it to the right to lock it in place.
5. Stick the bulb socket back in the taillight assembly and twist it to the right 1/4 turn to secure it.
6. Place the taillight cover back on and twist the knob clockwise 1/4 turn. Remove your gloves.
7. Step on the brake pedal and have a friend tell you if the new bulb works.
Sedan and Coupe Center Brake Light
8. Open the trunk lid.
9. Twist the bulb socket counterclockwise 1/4 turn and remove it from the brake light housing directly under the brake light.
10. Push in and twist the brake-light bulb counterclockwise from the bulb socket and remove it.
11. Put on clean gloves and insert the new brake-light bulb. Twist it to the right to lock it in place.
12. Stick the bulb socket back in the brake light housing and twist it to the right 1/4 turn to secure it. Remove the gloves.
13. Step on the brake pedal and have a friend tell you if the new bulb works.
Convertible Center Brake Light
14. Open the trunk lid.
15. Remove the inner truck lid trim and disconnect the electrical connectors from the brake light.
16. Unscrew the four nuts holding the brake light assembly in the truck lid with the socket wrench and push it out from inside the trunk.
17. Twist the bulb socket counterclockwise 1/4 turn and remove it.
18. Push in and twist the brake-light bulb counterclockwise from the bulb socket and remove it.
19. Put on clean gloves and insert the new brake-light bulb. Twist it to the right to lock it in place.
20. Stick the bulb socket back in the assembly and twist it to the right 1/4 turn to secure it.
21. Insert the taillight assembly back into the trunk lid and secure it with the four nuts using the socket wrench.
22. Attach the electrical connectors and put the inner truck lid trim back on.
23. Remove your gloves. Step on the brake pedal and have a friend tell you if the new bulb works.
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