There were over three hundred versions of the brackets built and the components all attach in diferent locations due to this.
The year would help because you can go with either the short water pump or the long water pump design.
Remove Air Cleaner Box Assembly to gain access to alternator, Loosen bolts on alternator mounting bracket to relax alternator, Push alternator towards block to relax belt and away from block to tighten. Now tighten alternator bolts while keeping tension on alternator.
In short you should never place anything that will block any air flow to the a/c system........
what exactly happens to your alternator when you hook up your battery backwards?
right above the alternator.it links the alternator the the engine block.
Generally the battery ground lead is connected to the engine block and the alternator is bolted to the same block via metal brackets and thus connected electrically to the battery ground.
This might mean the ground is isolated from the case of the alternator. In a normal application, the case of the alternator is the ground connection and being bolted to the engine block via a metal bracket, the grounded case of the alternator is electrically connected to the ground lead of the battery which is also connected to the engine block. An isolated ground might indicate the alternator ground is electrically insulated from the alternator case.
I figured it out myself. You have to unbolt one side of the power steering pump, take the belt off that goes from there to the crankshaft pulley, then put your alternator belt on - going to the opposite side of the power steering pump. Tighten up the alternator by (of course) loosening the nut that holds the alternator on the bracket, pushing the alternator so it tightens the belt, then tighten it back up - the belt shouldn't have much play but it shouldn't be too tight. Then you put the power steering belt back on, use something you can get a good bit of leverage with (I used a long steel jack handle to pry against the engine block), push the power steering pump (carefully!) over in the same fashion as the alternator, tighten the bolts you loosened, and you should be done. Worked for me, anyway. Materials needed: Alternator/Fan belt (obviously), 14 Metric wrench, 1/2in S.A.E. wrench/ratchet socket. Approx time to completion (after you get it figured out) - about a half-hour to forty-five minutes.
loosen the tentioner on the alternator. This will disattach it from the pulley. Then simply remove the bolts that hold the alternator to the block.
You don't bleed power steering fluid. Raise the front of the car, start the engine, turn the steering wheel lock-to-lock 3 times to get the air out of the system. Make sure to use axle stands and block the wheels so you can do this safely.
disconnect battery terminals. remove upper radiator hose and manifold on block, debuckle the radiator to allow wiggle. disconnect electrical wiring from alternator. release alternator tension on belt, and remove tensioning device. remove bolt holding alternator to block. twist and wiggle alternator up between abs mess, radiator and motor.
The belt you have to first remove is the power steering pump belt. Loosen the clamp bolt, then the adjusting screw on the power steering pump until the belt is slack enough to remove from the pulleys. If you have air conditioning, you will also need to remove that belt too, by the same method on the A/C compressor. You can now loosen the clamp bolt (12 mm) from the alternator as well as the retaining bolt (14 mm) on the alternator. Once loosen, swing the alternator towards the engine block and remove the belt from the pulleys. Cheers Malcolm