i cant help much b/c i have a 97...but mine left me stranded in a parking lot..so my boyfriend and his brother had to change it right there.....it took about 3 hours, in the freezing cold...but they got it out w/o taking anything major out....had to take a few screws out and move a few things, bend some hoses and such...and after turning it every which way, they got the bitch out through the bottom....

putting the new one in was even harder...it had to go in from the top....

anyway, i have no idea what it looks like under ur hood...but, maybe u can just move things around like we did! took awhile...but i was desperate!

sorry if i was no help at all! good luck!