Well, the upper intake has to come off, and there's a bunch of hoses, the throttle cables, some electrical connections, etc. The valve covers themselves are located under the wiring harness for the fuel injectors, so that will have to be carefully loosened and set aside too.
I've done the steps to do this before myself, and I think that if I worked methodically and quickly, had all the tools ready to go, and had really good luck, probably 3-3.5 hours of work, using air tools where possible. I'm a relatively slow wrench, since I don't do it everyday. Of course, if you run into fastener trouble (corrosion, etc.) or have to go more slowly, it could go longer. Important: You'll want to use a torque wrench on the upper intake bolts and follow the pattern for torquing them down prescribed in the factory shop manual. Not sure off the top of my head, but the spec *might* be in inch-pounds. -- --Geoff MML Moderator/Admin/Occasional SAA '92 Acclaim; '98 Intrepid; '03 Grand Caravan Subscribe to the MML! http://mopar.tamu.edu/mailman/listinfo/mml On 6/29/05, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeh it is high and that is why I didn't have them do it. I have no > problem doing the work myself with the exception that time is hard > to come by (how many hours do you think) and space. I have to move > some other projects out of the way to do it. My 81 El Camino and my > 73 BMW 2002tii. I will try to get to it one day soon. Thanks for > the suggestions. > Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
