12v Alt Conversion Kit - mechanical issues

Unfortunately, I found the instructions to be less than fully helpful, and although there"s plenty of info in the archives, I haven"t found anything that directly relates to my issues yet. So here goes, please bear with me.

#1 - The new coil is slightly shorter in vertical height than the old, and the retaining clip doesn"t secure the new coil, even with the gasket that was on the old one. Do people find they have to bend this clip, or modify something in some other way?

#2 - Alternator Bracket - 2 parter
#2a - The two U"s welded together - I had to bend it slightly to get it to fit where the generator had been, but even then, the bolt hole sits too high and I can"t mount it. Is this normal, am I doing something wrong, or did I get a bad piece. The two sets of bolt holes are different sizes, so it seems clear which way it has to go... but it doesn"t go.
#2b - The other two pieces - clearly the one with the slot is the adjustable one that attaches to the top of the Alt. it looks like the other piece, with the 90* bend mounts to the head bolts, but that would mean it will hit the wiring loom, which is non-flexible metal, is this right? Is there a modification required here?

I"m really sorry if these have been asked 100 times before, but I could really use the help, Thanks a bunch in advance!

Soundguy

Right side hardware

Left side hardware

as to
#1 Ok, bending the bail seems like a reasonable solution.

#2a - Dan, yes mine doesn"t match Rob"s great diagram, I purposely haven"t said whose kit I have because I did call them and they"re looking into sending me another bracket, I"ll see if that one works before I say anything unecessarily negative on record. :)

#2b - On the upper piece with the 90* bend, Dan, do you remember doing any cutting or modification of the wiring loom tube?

Everyonce in awhile guys post they have problems with parts from a source but rarely say what source. Not much useful information in that.