I do like the fact that all the fasteners are the same sizes -- 10, 12, and 17. In that sense, it's real easy. You just collect a lot of 10mm wrenches. Heck, my Dad has a 10mm impact socket in the 3/4" drive size, just in case. I don't know that he's ever needed to seriously use it, or how much damage you'd really do to a bolt if you did need to apply that much force to a 10mm fastener.
The only Toyotas I've worked on have been old -- back from the days when emissions control engineering was done by bureaucrats, not by engineers. 10 million little bitty hoses and wires running randomly around the engine bay, and if any single hose is swapped, disconnected, or leaks, you're done. Never enjoyed that, either.
I'm looking at two serious possibilities for this silly alternator:
1 - Pull three of the engine mounts, put a floor jack under the oil pan, and pick the engine up 2 inches.
2 - Dismantle the alternator inside the engine bay, drop the resultant pieces out the bottom. Dismantle the new alternator, rebuild it inside the engine bay, then install.
3 - Apply a reciprocating saw to the fender well; install "access panel." It's like making a hull cut when working on a submarine. "Oh, we can't fit the emergency diesel generator out through the hatch? No problem, we'll just make a hull cut..."
BTW, does anybody want a Honda? Slightly used? Great condition? Runs uh ... real good, honest, great uh ... daily driver? Real cheap?
