For the love of GOD, I hope I'm doing this wrong, because if this is how it's designed, I want this engineer's head on a stick!!!
I'm trying to replace the water pump on this thing, and of course to do that, you have to remove the fan/clutch. To do that, you have to loosen the belt. To do that, you have to loosen the "Alternator Brace Bolt" (the one on the bottom that it pivots on}, the "Alternator Support Bolt"(the one on top that locks it in place), and one that's not even in the FSM, the adjusting bolt itself, that connects to the "Alternator Support Bolt".
SO I get the two uppers loose, and feel around the bottom front for that one. Hmmm....that's an odd shaped bolt head.
Sure enough, it seems as if you have to loosen/tighten the nut on the BACK SIDE of the alternator to get this thing loose!!!

IS THIS CORRECT?!?!?! Who in their right mind would look at this and say "Ah-so, don't forget, bolt comes off from back. We make it hard as possible for razy Americans!"

PLEASE give me a pointer here before I push this thing on the railroad tracks!!

Between this and that godforsaken heater hose deal on the back of the engine, I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS WHEN I WORK ON THIS THING SOMETIMES!!!!


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