I got a 3.0 DOHC 98 Taurus once, bough it cheap from my younger brother in law cause it broke down on him, needed a new starter wire, right front hub, and the worst... a new alternator. I jacked the front up, pulled the right front wheel, wheel liner, and took the serpentine belt off. Then I began to play the game of musical sockets, swivels, and extensions to get the darned thing loose. Now the fun part. I had to finangle the alternernator between the engine cradle and right front frame rail.. A large pry bar, choice words, and I barely wedged the old one out. Putting it back together was the same. Never again.