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Old 01-19-2007, 12:45 AM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by 1985Az300DTurbo View Post
KRGC, I think Brian is right on about removing the injector lines first. I did it the hard way and it took me a couple of hours with a lot of aggrivation I starting out with a box end wrench (which was really a pain because of the limited access) and eventually purchased a set of those cool ratcheting wrenches with the tilt heads to finish the job
It would have been much easier to take the lines off first. my biggest challenge was removing and installing the terminal nuts on the plugs without dropping them into the abyss between the block and IP! In the end, I found that using a 6 -8 inch long piece of rubber hose to grab the nut while was a real lifesaver. Good Luck.
Fill the abyss with rags so you wont lose your nuts.
I did mine without removing the injector lines. It wasn't that hard but the sharp corners on the line holders can be irritating. It might be adequate just to remove the holders to minimize the vocabulary necessary for the job.
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