I just put a open end wrench on it, and stuffed my hand in
loosen the bolt on the bottom of the alternator.
the blower motor is under the hood, passenger side, up high behind the alternator in the firewall. i am changing this today on my '92 corsica. unfortunately, after loosening it and trying to take it out i learned that the alternator will have to be removed first as there is not enough clearance. in these particular cars the alternator has no range of motion as the belt tensioner is separate so it will need to be removed first. you simply need to disconnect the ground and the power wire first by gently pulling them off. then loosen the (qty 5 or 6) 7mm screws that hold the motor in and it will come right out.
loosen the two bolts(one at the top the other near botttom) and move from side to side
loosen the pulley, side the belt off, slide the new one on, tighten the pulley
A 96 Corsica uses OBD2 as required by law for 96 model years. Use an OBD2 Scanner.
If you're changing the alternator, you can loosen it's bolts to gain some slack, but you'll need more.This is done using the belt tensioner. It's a pulley looking thing in the belt path. On my '96, it's down and back from the alternator. It's surface is often very shiny and it has what looks like a nut on the front. If you put a wrench or socket on the nut, you can rotate the entire assembly away from the belt. That will let you get the belt on or off.The Haynes manual has a pretty good illustration.FriPilot
The brake lines on a 96 Corsica can be fixed by replacing damaged sections with new lines. This will improve braking and prevent catastrophic failures.
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If you're changing the alternator, you can loosen it's bolts to gain some slack, but you'll need more.This is done using the belt tensioner. It's a pulley looking thing in the belt path. On my '96, it's down and back from the alternator. It's surface is often very shiny and it has what looks like a nut on the front. If you put a wrench or socket on the nut, you can rotate the entire assembly away from the belt. That will let you get the belt on or off.The Haynes manual has a pretty good illustration.FriPilot
My son just bought a '96 Z24 and we had to have the alternator rebuilt. I tried several tools to get at the tensioner wheel and came up with the following: I put a box end wrench on the bolt in the center of the tensioner wheel, then slipped a short piece of pipe (2 ft) over the other end of the wrench and used it for leverage to move the tensioner wheel and loosen the belt to slip it off the alternator.
Bottom of the engine on the oil pan.
wiring order tune up