Mechanic told me he broke the alternator bracket (2013 xf 3.0sc awd) and that it’s part of the engine block??? any ideas about what he is talking about...he said he has to fabricate a way to attach the alternator..... i’m thinking he’s insane or covering up some other issue??? any ideas please help.

 

I would want to know how it broke.

Gus
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[QUOTE=Gus;2091927]I would want to know how it broke.

Gus
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it broke when the engine was installed...

 

Rather than us speculate what he broke, get yourself down to his shop and lay your eyes on it, take a picture and then maybe somebody can suggest a specific solution. Maybe its not as bad as it sounds, a bolt snapped off or something. However.....


Back in the olden days manufacturers would put the same engine in dozens of cars, each with a different configuration of belt-driven accessories depending on the model and optional equipment. Some of the bracketry back then looked like it was designed by Rube Goldberg anyway. Cars were ostensibly simpler back then and so shade-tree mechanics were much more apt do their own repairs. It was quite common though for amateurs to simply reassemble parts incorrectly, often failing to reinstall spacer washers back in the correct spot or they'd lose a spacer washer and replace it with an ordinary hardware store washer. Then they'd forever be fighting belts squealing, jumping off the pulleys, rubbing, wearing out quickly or even breaking and leaving them stranded. They'd never figure out that the cause of the problems was belt misalignment. In modern cars with serpentine belts and the fact that things like air conditioning and power steering aren't optional equipment anymore, engineers can dispense with the elaborate system of swinging bracketry and spacers and just bolt many accessories directly to the side of the engine block. But its still quite critical that the drive belt pulleys line up perfectly so I think you should insist that he fix it right and not try to MacGyver it back together.

 

It seems you had a new (possibly used) engine installed, so to follow up what Phil D said it is possible the mechanic installed the "wrong" engine.
You have an AWD which we know is different to the RWD regards engine mounts and other "down low" components, so it's quite likely the AWD alternator mounting bracket is different to the RWD alternator mounting bracket but your mechanic attempted to fit a RWD engine. That's my WAG anyway!