1st of this is a time consuming job taking a few hours because of the stupid design, the alternator is mounted at the rear of the engine and the space is very limited. You will need to get under the front of the car and the (uk) O/S wheel off. disconnect the battery, slacken the drive belt tension and remove the locking bolt. underneath remove the pivot bolt and the alt is now free. turn it to slacken and remove the power cable. now get it out the way while you remove the alt fixing bracket from the engine block. next step is from the top you can slacken the engine mount bolts (on this same side your working) till they are top of threads this drops the engine around a inch on one side, next remove brake hose clip and hose from holder, then remove the 2 bolts that fix the hub, now you can move this down and the alt can come out the gap you have made. trust me it does come with a little wiggling and cursing. As i said stupid desgin putting it at the rear, it was obviously fittted to the engine then engine fitted to car in factory.
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