Help please-Removing the belt
I don't mean where is the release inside the cabin. I mean the electronic switch or sensor that tells the computer that the hood is open. I DO know how to open my hood 
(if the actual sensor is down there...then forgive me)
(if the actual sensor is down there...then forgive me)
Staging Lane
Joined: Mar 2008
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computer keep it from r.s. when you have the hood open? thats a pain in the ***.
My father always said I wasn't as dumb as I looked, but over the internet it's hard to gauge. Figured you'd be HOPING that i knew how to open my hood by now.
Yeah...the no-RS w/hood open is just a safety precaution. Probably to keep your wife/kids from starting the car from inside the house while you've got your hand wrapped around the belt while you're changing it, or a plethora of other things you could be doing with the hood open when you could ill-afford to have it start up.
Yeah...the no-RS w/hood open is just a safety precaution. Probably to keep your wife/kids from starting the car from inside the house while you've got your hand wrapped around the belt while you're changing it, or a plethora of other things you could be doing with the hood open when you could ill-afford to have it start up.
Staging Lane
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Yeah...the no-RS w/hood open is just a safety precaution. Probably to keep your wife/kids from starting the car from inside the house while you've got your hand wrapped around the belt while you're changing it, or a plethora of other things you could be doing with the hood open when you could ill-afford to have it start up.
)."safety"-oriented stuff is becoming more and more of a huge inconvenience in a lot of areas
TECH Regular
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From: Claremont, ON Canada
Just thought I would chime in here but you don't need to touch the alternator at all to take off the rear coils/valve cover/rockers and I have also changed the valve springs twice without moving the alternator.
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There must be some differences between the 06 Impala and your 07 MC, on mine, the number two intake rocker was a totally blind swap with not much room to swing your tools, but not that hard and the valve cover just took a little manuvering to get out/in, but no accessories had to be removed
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I'm all about doing things easier for me. If it takes a little more time to pull off the alternator and belt, but makes my job easier in the long run... its worth it to me. I work on cars 8 hrs a day. So making my job easier and letting me see what I'm working on is totally worth the extra effort to me. Plus I'm not in a hurry when I'm working on my own stuff. Rather do No. 2 rockers not blindly.
