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A good neighbor has an '08 Altima V-6, his alternator conked out on his way home from work Friday evening. We put the car in my driveway Saturday morning and spent a couple HOURS figuring how on earth to get the thing out of the engine bay without disassembling A/C and cooling systems. A couple YouTube vids suggested it would come out from the left wheelwell... NOT! We got it out from the top, finally. Ran to NAPA for a replacement and it took me another couple hours to fiddle the thing back into the car, yesterday. Reminded me of the 'old days' when we had to fix our cars to get to work Monday morning. Single-handed, lying on your back, cold, damp, and struggling to get that ONE bolt into a hole buried so deep in the bowels of the engine bay you can either see or touch it, but not both at the same time. Then line up the part to accept the 8" thru bolt. The Braille method of parts installation!
Bottom line: If you ever want a challenge, try this trick at home.
Bottom line: If you ever want a challenge, try this trick at home.