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Originally Posted by luvmy03E53
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Not a fun job at all Gary, you weren't kidding. Although the dreaded "twist lock hose" actually wasn't too tough at all, tougher to get it into position than anything.
Probably the bulk of my delay on completing the job was trying to get the new cold weather dipstick guide tube and new O-ring seated back in the pan, "a light push into the pan" doesnt cut it, fitment is TIGHT with that O-ring.
I ended up having to mini-sledge on the bolt bracket to get it in all the way and lined up with the bolt bracket on the engine block.
Then I spent another 45 mins making sure I had all my plugs right and plugged in so I wouldn't get any funky codes at startup.
Including cleaning the throttle body, total time of disassembly and reassembly was approx 5.5 hours, but then again I take my time and try to be as thorough as possible, and of course I dropped a couple of screws and sockets along the way lol!
After sweating over my engine bay all weekend I treated her to a thorough degreasing and dressing when I was done, I'll post a pic later.