1993 ford escort gt 1.8 remove alternator

remove mass air flow meter/air filter housing . unbolt coil pack remove bracket then unbolt and remove thermostat housing. unplug temp sensers

1. remove battery ground (-)
2. remove serpentine belt that drives pulleys
3. remove all electrical connectors on alternator
4. unbolt alternator from bracket/mount
5. install in reverse order

RH side of engine compartment by firewall
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. remove the drive belt (Serpentine belt)
3. Remove the power steering hose bracket from the alternator bracket.
4. Remove bolts hold alternator to bracket
5. Disconnect the alternator electrical connectors

disconnect battery, put cars on jack stands, remove tires, remove axle nut on both axles, unbolt lower ball joint, pry down to remove from knuckle, side strut to remove shafts from trans, unbolt starter, bell housing bolts, clutch slave cylinder,support motor, pull back and turn trans about 8 degrees counterclockwise lower trans, remove pressure plate bolts to remove plate and disc,

the two red wires technically join together into the 1 wire,then goes down into the starter motor solenoid i.e the live feed which then goes bk into the battery to charge the battery.

It will be found on either the right or left hand side of the engine , close to the gearbox. It will be a round cylindrical shaped piece of metal with wires connected to it. hope that helps

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Once again you have an ALL DAY JOB ahead of you. YES, You have to remove the "whole dash".

However, Sometimes you can get LUCKY and only unbolt it without pulling all the wires and cables and junk and it will come back just far enough to be able to remove the heater box.

NOTE: I have found that on SOME Ford models.,:

They install the heater core in the interior plastic housing and mount it on the firewall with the studs protruding thru the firewall then they put on the NUTS from the engine compartment side onto the bolts to hold the assembly onto the firewall.

Then when they mount the engine compartment housing OVER these same studs that protrude thru the firewall and then they install a SECOND NUT to hold the firewall compartment on.

So you have 2 nuts on the same bolt. Therefore you have to take the engine compartment side housing side off FIRST and then you will see the set of NUTS that hold the interior housing onto the firewall,

just unbolt it and undo the pipe then refit the new one the sme way in reverse order

Do you have a tensioner (looks like this). The 1.9 engine does, couldn't find a listing for the 1,8. If yours has one, put a socket on bolt @ center of black pulley in photo, use a breaker bar to move tensioner to allow easy belt install. Let me know if you have the tensioner on your model. -->

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simply lift the rear seat and pull the big black rubber gromet from the whole and using a thin nose pair of pliers remove the fuel lines and disconet the wireing and unscrew the big outer nut then slide the fuel pump out of the tank.
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