My alternator keeps wrestling itself free of its mountings. It has:
(twice) Broken the long bottom bolt that it pivots on.
Broken the tensioner plate.
Broken the bolt on the alternator side of the tensioner plate.
(twice) Broken the bolt on the engine side of the tensioner plate.

The second occurrance of that last one was at 1:30AM this morning, in the rain, 20 minutes from home, after driving 4.5 hours. My desperate roadside repair was to use 4 zip-ties to hold the tension on the alternator. It got me home fine.

I'm pretty sure I've figured out the root of all this now. The hole in the mounting bracket at the bottom (where the long pivot bolt goes) has been worn too big because the first pivot bolt that broke was too small, so it rattled around and enlarged the hole. Now even the right sized bolt rattles around, and the whole thing vibrates like crazy.

So I need to take a trip to the junkyard and pick up a mount and pivot bolt that aren't all worn out.
Does anyone happen to know if the 2.3 and 2.6 engines use the same mount? I won't have the old part in hand when I go to the junkyard, and a 2.3 engine might be hard to find.

Thanks,
-Ben