Oh dear. Now I get the picture. I am only 5-10.5 175 and still quite flexible at 41 so, I can still crouch, kneel, lay anywhere for extended periods of time without fatigue setting in. I once had built an apparatus that was on wheels that slid over the tops of the engine bay. You could adjust it as well and, it worked very well. Simply rolled it into position, set the height, locked the wheels and climb up and lay down right over the engine. Worked very well with lifted trucks too. Had a place for all the tools as well.

Yeah, go with electric for sure- no hoses to scratch up the paint on the fenders (due to pulling the air hose across them all day) been there done that. Even with mats, it pulls them into the bay or lands them on the shop floor.

Go with a right angle assembly for the rears. You can wedge your arm and hand between the drill and the firewall to apply a fair amount of force this way. Once you remove the manifolds, you'll find room to move to get at those two. Git-R-Done!

 

not literally hanging!, im not that fat, just corn fed meat and potatoes kinda husky guy, lmao!!,, im starting to soak the manifold bolts at the doughnut flange,pb blaster, heard more wonderful things about these as well !, maybe gonna look for some of that kroil stuff, oh yeah the plugs are champion truck plugs and they are tan in color nothing out of the ordinary except that # 6 cyl plug had a alot wider gap than the rest about .046-0.47 instead of the stock .040 , and the rest of the plugs were about .041 if i had to guess not nearly as bad as #6 was

 

hahahaha...

 

well come to think of it, if i did that HUGE PITA joke of a heater core , this cant be that much worse..contorting and all that ,lol what about those pulsestar plugs of yours? you like?

 

Yeah, the plugs, yes, I do like them. Better than conventional plugs - yes. Something different in the response and feel and very very smooth idle. The only thing I don't like is that they are smooth insulators which end up fusing to the boot. They would be better off to put ribs to allow for cooling and help with removal later along with preventing air from becoming trapped under the boot. But, other than those flaws, they are very nice plugs.

 

As far as that reading being low on the vac gauge wouldnt elavation have something to do with that, im about 5200 ft above sea level outside reno.....

 

Yes. There's a conversion for that and if my memory serves me correct, it drops 1 inch per every 1000 ft above sea level.