Hello gents!
Been gathering parts and info for months and this weekend I cracked her open. Went pretty smooth and with no major glitches so far. I'm now rebuilding the fuel rail.
Everything I've watched and read online says you have to remove the distributor to get the one fuel-rail bolt out that lives under it. I'm waaay too rebellious to listen to what everyone says I have to do. You can in fact get that bolt out without removing the distributor, and it isn't that hard. I got up there in the center of the engine bay on my hands and knees, well lit of course, and was able to get a 10mm ratcheting wrench onto that bolt by orienting the wrench so that it was pointing back towards me, i.e., parallel with the truck and with the business end pointing towards the front of the vehicle. Got that little effer out and of course lost it behind the engine, but thank God it fell to the floor and was easily retrieved.
Also managed to remove all of the old injectors from the fuel rail without breaking off any of the little square plastic nubs that hold the retainer clips in place. That was accomplished by exerting no lateral pressure whatsoever on those nubs. The key was slowly and patiently prying the two side crimps up with a very small screwdriver and working the clip off with a larger one.
Been gathering parts and info for months and this weekend I cracked her open. Went pretty smooth and with no major glitches so far. I'm now rebuilding the fuel rail.
Everything I've watched and read online says you have to remove the distributor to get the one fuel-rail bolt out that lives under it. I'm waaay too rebellious to listen to what everyone says I have to do. You can in fact get that bolt out without removing the distributor, and it isn't that hard. I got up there in the center of the engine bay on my hands and knees, well lit of course, and was able to get a 10mm ratcheting wrench onto that bolt by orienting the wrench so that it was pointing back towards me, i.e., parallel with the truck and with the business end pointing towards the front of the vehicle. Got that little effer out and of course lost it behind the engine, but thank God it fell to the floor and was easily retrieved.
Also managed to remove all of the old injectors from the fuel rail without breaking off any of the little square plastic nubs that hold the retainer clips in place. That was accomplished by exerting no lateral pressure whatsoever on those nubs. The key was slowly and patiently prying the two side crimps up with a very small screwdriver and working the clip off with a larger one.
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