[lhopp77]

It can be done without removing the intake or any major components--its just a pain and helps to have small hands. I have done it and my daughter has done it. It helps to have two sets of hands just to guide things and help direct tools.

You need to take the covers off the top including the little black cover off the top of the intake and to take the alternator lose so you can have access through the front to guide tools, etc. A socket with extension and wobbly (swivel) inserted from the top of the intake through the black cover space makes it possible to remove the single bolt holding it. The wire connector is at the right rear of the engine (as you face it) and is not particularly easy to reach. After it is disconnected and the single bolt removed it can be taken out. It is hard to feed the wire of the new one back through the small space over the water bypass tube under the manifold and helped me to tie a piece of wire to it to stick back through and then pull it gently.

The bolt can be fed back through the top, but guided by a hand through the alternator space to get it started. (My daughter's hands were small enough that she was able to get a wrench on the bolt through the alternator space)

This is a bit fuzzy, but is the general procedure that worked for me.

PS--IMPORTANT--before messing with the alternator--DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL.

Lee