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Took me about 20 hours spread over 3 weeks(I think). I enjoyed every minute of it...call me crazy! I was experiencing some rough idle problems and hard starting prior to the job, all of which have been alleviated. This improvement is probably partly attributable to the replacement of vacuum lines and breather hoses on the intake manifold assembly.

I crudely fabricated a tool from some steel bar stock to remove the crank bolt for lower timing cover access (photo forthcoming) that looking back was probably ill-conceived and risky to use...but it worked regardless (not that I'd recommend it to anyone else!).

Anyway, we're all put back together now and happily motoring at high speeds with 298,153mi on the odometer.