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<blockquote data-quote="ac427cobra" data-source="post: 283239" data-attributes="member: 6247"><p>Hey Guys:</p><p></p><p>I was under and over that damn car all day. First it was too high, then too low, what a FPITA!!:cryying: The intake was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be to get off. I pulled the TB off and put it in a plastic bag on top of the left side strut tower. But, the heater hoses, those two housings, one thermostat, and one heater hose return that bolts onto the rear head, OMG major painage there!!:bash: And the gasket scraping :gt: </p><p></p><p>Now I need parts from the Ford dealer, intake set, gaskets for those two housings, plugs, wires and on and on. This is the exact reason I quit working on cars for a living 30 years ago. I should have had Doug at Performance Plus do this FOR me. This is way more than I like to tackle myself. I just had a tiny amount of oil in the plugwells. I'll bet it's been about 6 years since Doug did my 60K so I'm not going to go any deeper into this bastich than I already am!! </p><p></p><p>But the good news is I feel more in tune with my car now. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that this friggin' thing runs when I'm done:lol: I can't believe all of the wires and hoses it takes to make this engine run :shrug: </p><p></p><p>There is a hose (that I thought was a coolant hose, because someone from another list told me there were 3 TB coolant hoses, it appears there are only two small ones) that goes from the TB to the valley under the intake. It's a 1/2" hose and it appears to be some sort of a crankcase ventilation hose. Is that what it is? It is pretty brittle and I think I should replace it. Should be interesting putting a new one on there. I'm sure it will require a "trick".</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the replies guys. I'll be giving you another progress update once I get more parts. </p><p></p><p>That SVT Focus is looking more and more attractive all the time.</p><p></p><p>;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ac427cobra, post: 283239, member: 6247"] Hey Guys: I was under and over that damn car all day. First it was too high, then too low, what a FPITA!!:cryying: The intake was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be to get off. I pulled the TB off and put it in a plastic bag on top of the left side strut tower. But, the heater hoses, those two housings, one thermostat, and one heater hose return that bolts onto the rear head, OMG major painage there!!:bash: And the gasket scraping :gt: Now I need parts from the Ford dealer, intake set, gaskets for those two housings, plugs, wires and on and on. This is the exact reason I quit working on cars for a living 30 years ago. I should have had Doug at Performance Plus do this FOR me. This is way more than I like to tackle myself. I just had a tiny amount of oil in the plugwells. I'll bet it's been about 6 years since Doug did my 60K so I'm not going to go any deeper into this bastich than I already am!! But the good news is I feel more in tune with my car now. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that this friggin' thing runs when I'm done:lol: I can't believe all of the wires and hoses it takes to make this engine run :shrug: There is a hose (that I thought was a coolant hose, because someone from another list told me there were 3 TB coolant hoses, it appears there are only two small ones) that goes from the TB to the valley under the intake. It's a 1/2" hose and it appears to be some sort of a crankcase ventilation hose. Is that what it is? It is pretty brittle and I think I should replace it. Should be interesting putting a new one on there. I'm sure it will require a "trick". Thanks for the replies guys. I'll be giving you another progress update once I get more parts. That SVT Focus is looking more and more attractive all the time. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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