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Despite being there for that way back in the day.... I'd have to really dig around for the post and it would probably be of little utility by now. If I remember right, support the car, disconnect the tie rod end from the knuckle. remove all the plastic shrouding in the wheel well remove the 2 subframe bolts from the right side of the subframe and lower it down enough to access the mounting bolts for the alternator and associated wiring and then weasel it out the wheel well Thats how I used to do them, usually took round abouts of an hour. If its your first time its gonna suck they get easier after that. This is a vast over simplification, I'm sure. Its been years since I had to do one, and like Schurkey last time I did one the engine was on a stand so it was super easy.

As I recall when Chris and I did that his car was no stranger to being taken apart and may or may not have had all the hardware the factory installed to hold the alternator in, as well as both of us having had done that job a number of times previously. However it was in the parking lot of his apartment complex with nothing but hand tools so there's that.

This is why I joined this forum nearly 15 years ago now. The 45 minutes is a lie (at least for my dumbass back then), but this did help a lot. The pictures are long gone.

The alternator cooling fan is a 91 ONLY thing. 92-97 LQ1's had the cooling duct

I did mine in 45 minutes. Give me an hour and I'll have a write up posted.