ive heard rumours its impossible...

 

other than pulling the engine :lol:

 

If you hunt there is a thread of someone who was able to do it without removing anything. It was not a fun time though.

 

http://www.355nation.net/forum/engine-drivetrain/25437-anyone-remove-intake-manifold.html

 

thanks brewer, i was looking at it just now....
gotta word everything just right in the search function

 

lol good luck

 

as far as i've heard its a huge bitch, remove the intake manifold, then i've heard slightly lifting the intake side of the motor access it better. totally nuts. fingers crossed i dont have to do that anytime soon....

 

AGAIN i open a thread and dont post for 20 mins...

 

Well I remember Don said to unbolt the motor mount on the drivers side and carefully lift the motor on that side will give you some more room/better access!

 

i will relay the info to my buddy...
thanks guys for the help!

any other suggestions, feel free to chime in

 

Even though the battery tested "OK", I'd still put a known good battery in that pig just for kicks and giggles. Batteries are funny (not) sometimes. Would just take 5 minutes and just might save you a handful of scraped knuckles. JMO.

 

good luck to your "buddy" rich. :thumbup:

 

thanks boyd :lol:

 

if theres no choice in the matter and the manifold gotta come out would it be a good idea to port it while its out or wouldn't do anything at all?

 

I know a dude with the same issue.

 

i donno bro...i know handgunner (i think) had started something with porting some parts, u may want to ask him

 

:bump:

 

sorry handgunner wanted to port and polish the head it self

 

Even if the battery tests good you could get the clicking symptom from poor connections or a bad battery cable. May want to try to check there first.

 

I replaced mine today and it wasn't fun....

 

and how did you go about it?

 

Removed the intake manifold and it was fairly straight forward after that, just time consuming. Regardless, i'm glad to have my truck back running as it's been outta commission for almost 2 weeks now.