Hi, how you doin Rob, my name is Shane, and I'm located in Toronto, Ontario. I recently bought a 1990 Honda CRX Si, and it needs a little work to safety and emissions test. One of the things I need to do is check and if necessary replace the alternator. Do you have any idea, pics, or how tos of removing it. I spent all yesterday trying to get it out, some of the nuts and bolts around it were so badly ruster and seized on that I had to "chisel" them off. Once I got it disconnected and loose, the new problem became getting it out of the engine bay. I can't get it to fight coming up or going down, I have some options but I don't want to interfere with any that I don't have to. I'm ordering the HELM manual but that'll be here in a day or two. If you have any ideas, or suggestions for this problem, please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated.
-Shane.
Hey Shane -
The alternator actually comes out from the bottom by way of the left drive axle area.
I did an alternator R&R "How-To" when I had to mine back in 1999. Before I could publish it out to the web, my hard drive took a dump on me and I did not have a back up of the final document. I did, however, managed to restore the images. I started to rebuild the document but never got around to completing it.
Anyway, here's what I did manage to redo:
It's not the final version (which I'm not sure when I will complete...) but it has all the necessary information.
Prior to me performing this R&R, I consulted the advice of a friend of mine, Ricky Crow, who also referred me to his tech article located here:
If you have questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best of luck!
CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal)
1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc)
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