Finished her up early this morning. Filled her up with oil... Missed the valve cover a little bit lol... actually a lot. I wiped most of it off that I could, but this scared me a bit when I went to go start her up this morning. Backed her out of the garage and saw drips... only dripped when the engine was running. I was like... that mofo rear seal better have sealed! Sprayed the underside with brake clean to rid the oil, took it for a quick spin and back it came! WTF! but yeah I re brake cleaned a second time the best I could and there are no drips on the driveway after taking her for a few more spins. I reached back and felt for the rear gasket and it is in place with no oil residue on that back ledges so I think im good to go. Like I said I knew I spilled some oil, but I thought I cleaned most of it up. Turns out I didn't I guess, but am glad it was just oil running down instead of that rear seal. I do not want to remove my intake again anytime soon
Haha. In all seriousness, it wasn't that bad. Having an extra set of hands during the entire process would have certainly helped move things along faster. Also, now that I know how to do it first hand, it wouldn't be a big issue to do it again although I’m not exactly jumping to do it anytime soon
I do have some notes to use in addition to the DIY for the next person (Rudy
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1. Fan clutch. I used a big adjustable on the fan clutch nut, and found two bolts that fit into the water pump pulley holes. I used my pry bar in such a way against the heads of the two bolts to hold the water pump pulley in place. Grabbed the adjustable and spun the fan clutch loose (lefty loosey). This alleviates the need to remove the four fan clutch bolts that hold the fan on. This also gives more space in the engine bay once removed.
2. Fan Shroud Removal. I opted to disconnect the wiper fluid connectors and hoses, and top radiator hose. Remove the four bolts that hold the fan shroud to the radiator, and left the coolant overflow and wiper fluid bottles connected to the shroud. By doing so, you save yourself the hassel of removing them from the shroud (not an easy chore). Just pull it out as one piece and your good to go.
3. Alternator removal not necessary from the accessory bracket. Remove the two electrical connectors from the alternator and you are good to go. Just pulled the accessory bracket with the alternator still attached. It may be possible to keep the AC compressor attached as well, but for the four additional bolts to pop it off, it isn’t a big deal. You make your call when you do it. I removed the AC compressor.
4. When your ready to re-install your intake, get new intake manifold bolts and chop up four of your old ones. I chopped four of the heads off of four bolts with my sawzall, then took my dremel and cut a slit at the top of the bolt. I took these four bolts and screwed them into the cyl heads only a few turns to help aid in intake placement. When the intake lined up with the bolts, she dropped perfectly into place. Ran the new intake manifold bolts in the remaining holes. Took my flat head and removed the bolts I made by putting the tip in the slit I cut and backed them out the few turns I put them in and replaced with a new bolt. I really encourage this method so you don’t fumble the gaskets around when placing the intake down. I’ll see if I can get pictures of the bolts later on, but it is pretty self explanatory.
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