Well it has come to this, i cannot for the life of me remove this alternator from the engine bay. The only way out is down and no way that i maneuver it can i drop it down without it hitting something. I removed the alternator mount and oil filter, they helped but no go. I thought maybe saggy motor mounts so i jacked up the engine from the oil pan a bit, didn't make a difference. I see two possibilities; one is to remove it out by the driver side wheel with the plastic splash guard removed, the other is to drop is straight down and remove the axel (which is in the way). Obviously i would avoid the latter if possible.

What have other people done with this, the book and any other resource i have seen is of NO help.
Thanks in advance ~Gavin

 

on my crx with a b16a i had to remove the axle.. good luck, i'd pull the splash shield if i were you.. i just did this on my 91 and had to remove a lot, but luckily i didn't have to pull the oil filter ..

 

It's a pain but it can be done, I think mine came out past the axle in some way. I checked the factory shop manual and it doesn't mention anything about removing the axle or splash guard.

 

Only way I've ever done it easily is by removing the axle. That's how most of the guys on 3geez do it I believe. Maybe the fuel injected guys can get it up around the intake. I got one out of a 2nd gen once by unbolting the master cylinder from the brake booster. Gave me enough room to just barely squeeze it out but it was a junker car and i cut about 40 hoses out of the way tooo. I think the safest route really is by removing the axle. After you replace 4 or 5 POS reman'd alternators, you get good at pulling the axle with a quickness.

 

instead of actually pulling the axle, just pull the knuckle and push the axle/knuckle assembly forward..