Well I just finished my ALT. Having big hands will not help you!
I sprayed the hell out of bolts with liquide wrench, and let them sit overnight. They were easy to turn, no problems at all.
This was not an easy job at all, but because of your writeup Ray I went ahead and did it. Followed your writeup with some slight modifications.
One independent mechanic turned the job down, said to take it to Ford. No way Ford!
Thanks again Ray.
Oh.. by the way... when you flick that little wire across the plug off, be carefull! Had to go looking for mine! it landed on top of the V pipe!.