I started pulling it apart and this sucks bad! According to the Chilton book, I need to pull the manifold, the water pump, the engine mount(s), alternator, power steering pump, tensioner, etc, but the alternator is no where near it, just like the exhaust manifold and engine mount.

I got the steering pump kind of out the way, but cant get it up and out, but Im not that worried about it.
Got the harmonic balancer off, that wasnt fun, theres no freaking room!
tensioner gone, water pump pulley off ( might leave it on as its only like 2 months old and not leaking) , and just about all the bolts out, but it looks all bad down there and its looking hard past that!

Help!

 

What help are you exactly looking for? You seem to be about there. Don't forget the 3 bolts on the bottom that come through the oil pan. And the dowels holding it on there(the one behind the CPS specifically) like to rust alot and make it difficult to pull the cover off. Spray some penetrator on em it helps.

 

CPS? crank position sensor right?
three on the bottom huh? thats the kind of help i was looking for really
so does the oil pan need to be dropped?

 

Yes Crank Position Sensor.

Nope oil pan stays there's three 7mm bolts, if I recall the size correctly, that are pointed upward through the oil pan. You access them through the engine mount bracket.

And the Alternator had to come off otherwise the tensioner bracket couldn't come off thus blocking the top left bolt from being removed.