I'm trying to clean up my aux port actuators, so I'm disassembling the intake.

Took the upper off easily enough (marked all vacuum lines ) but now I'm stuck.

I got the far right and far left upper bolts that hold the manifold to the engine, but I can't get to the others. I was told this isn't a bad job...so what am I missing??

I took off the canisters/diaphrams for the actuators, but there really isn't much more room to work with. Would it help if I removed the exhaust manifold heat shield? Anybody have some good pics of where all the bolts are? The FSM pictures suck.

My rear actuator is seized completely, but the front one kind of opens, which goes along with the inconsistent performance I've noted recently. Either way, they are carboned the **** out.

 

Is this on the 13B?

I just took mine off 2 days ago. Was not hard once I figured out where the bolts are. You need a long extension for your wrench, to reach the two under the manifold, and also to reach the two bottom sides. With actuators out of the way you should have no trouble getting to the bolts. If you have a little mirror and a light, you can use that to locate them. Take off your air funnel as well, if you haven't.

Would help if you look at the picture of a gasket, it'll tell you where the bolts are exactly. No need to fiddle with exhaust. Plenty of room.

Also here's a pic of mine... Circled all the holes where the bolts go. 6 total. 2 top, and 4 bottom.



If you want, I can take pics of the motor side.

 

Ok thanks man.

 

Ok I got the intake unbolted and seperated from the engine, but this one ******* vaccum line will not come off. Its on the underside of the intake and it connects to a metal line that runs the length of the intake. I don't know what its for. Any ideas on how to get it loose?

edit: its the one still attached to the intake in the 2nd post on the left side. Maybe I should just disconnect it from the source? Where does it go?

 

That's your exhaust backpressure reference used to open the aux ports. It's kinda strange to watch it snake under and through the intake manifold, but all it really does is apply a little pressure to the top side of the actuators to open them. It attaches to a line coming from the exhaust. If it's really troublesome, cut it off with a razor and throw on a new line later.

 

It's right above the exhaust. It gets pretty hot down there, so it's probably semi-melted/stuck to the nipple. Disconnect the other end and then pull the intake. Then you can twist it an pull it off later.