After much swearing and throwing of tools....haha just kidding..........I decided to take the intake manifold off to gain access to the back three spark plugs. I would have to admit, once you know how to take off the manifold and put it back on without ruining anything, it becomes more helpful than you probably could have imagined. It made life a whole lot easier for me, haha. Well here it is...I found other sites that told how to do this, but I didn't find any that actually told about everything that you have to remove and most of them had older engines....I'm assuming that more emissions and what not were added by 95. So here it goes....(and yes I will take pictures of this eventually!)
1. First off I would remove the air intake tube, the top of the air filter box, the MAF sensor connector, along with the air filter...it just makes things easier.
2. There are (4) 12mm bolts on the intake that you have to remove first. Two of them are visible and are in front, right above the front row of spark plugs. The other two are on the back driver's side corner of the intake. One sits behind and one is facing the driver's side fender.
3. Then there are a couple of large bolts on the back passenger side of the intake. They require 15mm sockets, actually a wrench works best for these. The first one has a small ground wire under it, take that off along with the bolt and then there is another bolt under that one. Remove that as well. There is a metal piece separating the two bolts, you will have to push that aside to take the remaining bolt off. (I think they are nuts, technically...but seeing how funny that was to read, I left them as "bolts")
4. There is one more bolt on the intake that requires a 12mm socket. It sits on the headlight side of the throttle body and IAB and intake hose and all that, as opposed to the windshield/firewall side of it. It faces up.
5. Now, there are either (10) or (12) 10mm bolts that attach the runners to the block. They are all very easy to get to. Remove those and you should be able to lift up the intake a little bit.
6. Remove the connectors on the DIS module, that is located right by the battery and power steering fluid reservoir. One connector is gray, the other is black.
7. There are (2) nuts and (2) bolts that need to be taken out of the Throttle body, they all face the driver's side fender. They are 10mm. Then the throttle body should be free.
8. Here is the part that I dislike....There are about 8 little hoses that
need to be removed.
1. Starting on the firewall side of the intake...There
is a larger black hose attached to a metal octagon shaped
thing, it is right below the
EEC and ABS test connectors. Take that hose off.
2. Moving towards the drivers side fender...there is a
small black hose attached to the intake itself, and also
attached to a black cylinder
being held on by a metal bracket.
3. Now moving to the other side of the intake. On
the front of the intake, somewhat by the battery, but inside
the intake, is a metal solenoid
(I guess it is called that), there is a small black hose coming from the top of
solenoid running to the side of
the intake. That needs to be removed from the intake.
4. Next remove the (2) hoses that go on the intake,
right next to the throttle body and IAB.
5. Remove the (2) hoses that sit under the intake,
about directly under the ones in step 4. It may be easier to
find where these hoses end (on
the throttle body and on the block) and remove them there, but that is up to
you.
6. Then there is a hose that is connected to the IAB by
a gray plastic clip thing thing. It branches off to go to two
more solenoids on the
intake. Follow the single hose to a black connector that has another hose
attached to it,
then just remove the hose you
followed from there.
8. After ALL this, your intake should be off and sitting somewhere, that position will probably depend on how angry you got while removing it. Also, put some towels or cloth over the top of the engine so you don't lose something in there. And be careful with the gaskets on the engine and the one on the intake that was in between that and the throttle body. If they are still good there is no reason to have to replace them, so just try to remember they are there so you don't have to buy new ones.
9. Then do that in reverse to put the intake back on. Make sure everything is tight and make sure all those damn little hoses are connected...just missing one little hose could give you some annoying driving problems. Good luck!
