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I decided to crack down and do the big three and drop a yellow top in this weekend and everything else went very good... except the alt to battery +. Which by the way I was very surprised about as I know virtually nothing about car engines beyond the car audio related bits that i have picked up along the way.

Is there any "easy" way to actually get to the post on the back of the alternator in order to mount the wire? I ended removing the power steering fluid tank and some sort of electrical block with a bunch of bundles of wire running to it. As well, the one thing that seemed to be in the way the most was a hose that ran along the firewall and across the opening where i could see the alternator, it was a metal pipe with some sort of disc joining 2 parts of the hose together.

any who, the upshot is i can get down to the bolt but any sort of socket driver i use to try and loosen the bolt will not even budge it and i have heard this is a normal issue. But the only way i can think of fixing it is if i can get in closer and have a better chance to reef on the bolt, or even use a piece of pipe for a little extra leverage.

any and all assistance in how to get down to the alternator is much appreciated as well as any tricks people have used on this same issue.

Thank you in advance.