CQ condensor removal

[Chris Maresca <ckm@eainet.com>]

Boy, I'm just full of questions this weekend...

I'm doing all sorts of long standing repairs to my CQ in preperation for a
cross-country drive in a month or so. One of the things I am fixing is the
A/C...  I'm busy replacing the condensor and I have just one question. 

How the _*H E L L*_ do you get the lower mounting bolt off without
removing the radiator and half of the front-end hoses? 

I've got the top bots off, but the bottom one is hidden behind the plastic
ducting, which cannot be removed without taking out the hydraulic pump
hoses and some of the radiator hoses and perhaps the aux. radiator.

On another front, I seem to have a leak in the hydraulic cooling hose.
The area between the radiator and the quarter panel is filthy with sprayed
oil, and it's still looks fresh.  Anyone had this before?

Also, does anyone have opinions about aftermarket vs. OEM condensors?  GPR
says aftermarkets are cheap and don't last, Blau says different.  Price
difference is about $200...

I still have a lot of stuff to do:

- fix passenger window leak
     looking forward to trying to find those armrest screws

- fix leaky rear lights

- new ISV?

- re-mount rebuilt alternator

- fix distributor rattle

- install euro lights

- install CD player

Does anyone have any thoughts about what else I should do before a 4000
mile trip?  The car has 80k miles and new timing belt/water pump.

Tks.

Chris.
'90 CQ