some alternator R&R details I'm forgetting

[Omer Khan]

I have done it a couple of times the following way without jacking the car up or removing the radiator hose.  

I used the factory scissor jack under the ac compressor bracket to support and raise the motor.  Take the pass side engine mount bolt out and then use the jack to raise the engine.  I raise it enough so that the hole in the mount shows above the bracket on the chassis.  

The alternator can then easily come out from up top.  You do have to take the alternator adjustment bracket off.  

The alternator in my classic went out 4 times in a year. Kept replacing autozone ones. Then  I got one from a first gen altima and it was a direct replacement.  I think the amp output is higher (100 instead of 80 I think) and i've had good luck with it so far.

Omer
'92 Classic SE-R

-----Original Message-----
From: David Pertuz <davidpertuz at mindspring.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:15 PM
To: se-r list <se-r at se-r-list.org>
Subject: some alternator R&R details I'm forgetting

I'v done this job a number of times before, but it's been years since 
the last time, so I'm forgetting a couple of things.

I need to replace the alternator on my G20 - seems to be a bad VR. I'm 
putting in an SE-R loaner (thanks, Larry) and then getting the current 
one (it's a Nissan-sourced
alternator, so it's better than a parts-store reman) rebuilt and 
reinstalling it.

I'm going for quickest/easiest method, since I procrastinate like an 
Olympian (incl. this weekend) and I need the car next weekend to drive 
to MI.

I know that I can remove the bolt from the RHS engine mount and jack the 
engine up a bit to help me fish it out the top, but I can't remember 
whether this will let me pull it out the top without removing the upper 
rad hose. Maybe I have to remove the upper rad hose anyway, but I'm 
pretty sure I didn't last time. Either way, I can pull it out the bottom 
without doing either, but for some reason I'm trying to avoid jacking 
the car up. I've never done it this way, so I don't know if it's easier.

Can one of y'all fill me in on the rad hose bit?

thanks,
David
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