[HeadOfMax]

Its friggin cold in chicago, and I have been outside for the past hour pulling my alternator. I got all the bolts off, but then I could not feel my toes anymore so I came inside to warm up. While the thing is all but out, I can not see a good way to get the alternator out from behind the engine. My buddy has a DX and he was able to work the alternator in his car from the right side of the engine to the left side and remove the airbox. only then did he have room. my engine is injected and it looks like I will not be able to do that.

Please do not tell me my only option is to remove the master cylinder. I really do not want to do that today....

 

[downest]

There are a bunch of tricks for it... I remove the engine

The first time I did it I unbolted the MC, you shouldn't lose any fluid if you just take it off the booster and move it ever so slightly out of the way. You can also remove the axle or something, Heu posted a trick on the resource a while ago about doing that.

 

[HeadOfMax]

yeah, thats not gonna happen today. I guess itll have to wait a few weeks till the weather gets better....this will be a good thing...I will amass a slew of parts and spend a day working on the CRX.

 

[w8]

I squeezed mine out through the drivers side wheel well. Somehow between the strut and the axle.

 

['9445]

I squeezed mine out through the drivers side wheel well. Somehow between the strut and the axle.

http://crxcommunity.com/viewtopic.php?t=208

If you can get the bracket off the block you can probably get it out the bottom.

 

[Krix]

I took the bolt out of the driver side engine mount. Used my jack with a block of wood, and lifted the engine up. Pulled alternator out, put new one in, lowered engine and put the bolt back in the mount. Done.

 

[dohcrxl]

With power tools, you can have an alternator in your hands in 5 minutes if you remove the alternator mount bracket after you've undone the alternator first. It'll then come straight down.

-Heu

 

[rex2nr]

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