powershift
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Intake manifold came off this morning. Its easier to work on when it isn't 112F lol. On the plus side its super nice outside. Blue skys, amazing weather and there is a lot of light. What helped me get the intake manifold off was a mirror. I needed to get a mirror to see behind the intake manifold to disconnect the coolant hose attached to the manifold in order to pull it out of there. I reached around the wire loom and with a mirror and flashlights I removed the hose with pliers to release the hose clamp and then I just pulled that ****.
I taped off the air intake on the heads so nothing drops in there. Wider blue masking tape would be better, painters tape I think it is called. The auto parts store didn't have alcohol and I wanted to use that to clean the heads and intake manifold surfaces where they but up against each other.
Here is a view of the carbon deposits on the back of the valves. 97k miles.
I taped off the air intake on the heads so nothing drops in there. Wider blue masking tape would be better, painters tape I think it is called. The auto parts store didn't have alcohol and I wanted to use that to clean the heads and intake manifold surfaces where they but up against each other.
Here is a view of the carbon deposits on the back of the valves. 97k miles.