Woops. I already have pretty much everything apart. How much pressure are we talking if I just discount the fuel line?

 

At this point? probably very little, wrap a rag around it, and release the line, that way, if there IS pressure, it won't spray everywhere. should bleed off fairly quickly once you have the line opened up.

 

Ok, how in the hell do I use these things????? I take it that I wrap the clamp around the full line that is closes to the fuel rail but then what??

Also, how in the heck to I get the TB off with the cable attached to it. Sorry, I am a rookie trying to tackle this thing.

 

The tool should have an 'extended' reach, that you push into the connector, to release the 'fingers' that hold it in. Wrap it around, push it in, then the line should pull out fairly easily. If there is a bunch of crap in there..... might not work as well as you would like. Might try shooting some penetrating lubricant in there first.

Cables should disconnect from the throttle arm by pushing them in the opposite direction of what they pull. Or some such. Should be relatively easy to get them off. Then, separate them from the bracket, or, unbolt the whole bracket, (if you can) and just set them out of the way.

 

for the fuel line, i just pulled the fuel pump relay, had the truck crank for about 15 seconds, and thats it, went right to work, didnt have to wait or anything...with me doing that, only a teaspoon or 2 of gas came out...very little.

 

Thanks for all the help. I went back out and messed with the fuel line a bit and figured it out. The TB I just unbolted and moved out of the way of the kegger.

Kegger is out and sure enough plenum was blown. Tons of oil pooled up. Done for the night and gonna pick it back up in the morn. Taking lots of pics so I will upload them all when I am done.

PS-Pretty proud of myself since I have never taken apart an engine to even close this much before.

Thanks for all the help!

 

keep up the good work!


I'm here for the pics

 

hey IMO you should have a machine shop clean the manifold, i paid 40 bucks, and my manifold was new inside and out...all silver, not one spec of black....look at my profile, i have pics.

 

Was just gonna add in there, when we did the plenum on buddies 5.9L, we didn't know what they fuel pressure release blah blah was, so we just unscrewed the fuel filler cap, thinking it would release the fuel system pressure. When we pulled the fuel lines, nothing sprayed out, so it musta worked.

 

couldn't the pressure be relieved through the schrader valve? Maybe a bit messier, but I've done that several times on various cars....