Removing or installing the alternator in my V6 ford escape which is similar to the V6 Mazda tribute. This alternator job is one of those what in the world were they thinking kind of repairs, I am very disappointed with Ford for making what is normally an easy job, into a job from hell, indeed, what were they thinking? it is like it was done on purpose to cause you to give up and go to ford, the reason I posted this in the first place was because I searched every where I could to find an easy method, What I found was comments of frustration and disbelief about the location of this dam alternator, so when I found a way to bring it up between the engine and firewall it was easy peasy, a sigh of relief, and a faster way to change out this alternator. That was what motivated me to put up this video, I thought maybe someone else is facing the same situation and is feeling very uncomfortable about messing with CV joints, we all know how expensive they are to replace and if that boot gets damaged the results could be disastrous! So I say why mess with it when you can change this from the top? Just get a good pad to lay on the engine when bring up the alternator, that's the way I did it, and had no problems at all. Once you try it, you will see how really easy and fast this job can be, I hope you have success like I did.