The hoodpad was falling apart, so today I stripped it and replaced the whole thing with a M?B OEM pad....
Looks bad...
Looks good I think!
The Valve cover is starting to peel, and I want to do the Idle/emission hoses..
They are as hard as rock!
I pulled off the Valve cover to do the gasket too..
The internals are IMO "stunningly" clean!

I gave the rest of the intake and FI a clean up and here is how it looked.
Its looking good, and I am pleased with my purchase!
Tomorrow I will do the Idle hoses, and check the FI pressures, now its cleaner.