I started this weekend!... Rather than write a ton of articles I plan to add to other threads where I found things more difficult than described, with that said I just posted on the removal of the air intake manifold. I'm also taking lots of photos as I see this taking me quite a while... I do things very slowly and very methodically and the more I strip away the layers the more I realize the enormity of this job (timing chains and cooling system)!. Here's where I am at the moment:
The front crossover came out today, at 102K miles I think it was the original one as it broke per many other threads (leaving the seals down is here):
I continue to watch YouTube videos to try and help guide me! My big worry today was the intake manifold, my next worry is disconnecting the wiring harness from the coils (didn't figure out yet how to do it and don't want to break things). I hear this is about an 18hour job, I'm expecting it to take double this + some! I have about 8hours to get this far; I'm cleaning everything as I remove it (so plastic restoration on plastic parts, wire brushing bolts, etc.). You can also see that I label all the wires!
Curious if anyone has ideas on how I might clean up the block, I hate that it's so dirty! For example, the throttle body looks like this:
Anyway, feel free to ask questions, PM me etc.
