I'll take a look at this idea, I have been told the intake needs to come out.CRV starters go out long before the alternator. Not a fun replacement but if your good working blind you can replace it from the bottom in an hour or 2. My 02 died at work. At lunch it cranked its last time like the battery was dying. It tried to tell me to go home early but I didn't and had to get the tow of shame from the work parking lot.
Thanks for this idea!