Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone.

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1. Drain cooling system, then remove air cleaner with intake duct assembly and crankcase ventilation hose.
2. Disconnect accelerator cable and speed control linkage (if equipped) from carburetor or throttle body. Remove accelerator cable bracket, then disconnect kickdown rod from carburetor or throttle body on models equipped with automatic transmission. Disconnect electric choke, carburetor solenoid electrical connectors or EEC connector, if equipped.
3. Disconnect high tension lead and wires from ignition coil.
4. Disconnect ignition wires from spark plugs, then remove wires and bracket assembly from rocker arm cover attaching stud.
5. Remove distributor cap and ignition wires as an assembly.
6. Disconnect fuel inlet line from carburetor or throttle body.
7. Disconnect vacuum hoses from distributor, then remove distributor and disconnect evaporative hoses, if equipped.
8. Disconnect upper radiator hose from coolant outlet housing.
9. Disconnect electrical connector from coolant temperature sending unit, then remove heater hose from intake manifold.
10. Remove water pump bypass hose from coolant outlet housing, then disconnect crankcase vent hose from rocker arm cover.
11. Remove intake manifold attaching bolts, then the intake manifold and carburetor as an assembly. On models with EFI remove manifold as follows:
a. Remove upper intake manifold and throttle body as an assembly.
b. Remove lower intake manifold assembly.
c. It may be necessary to carefully pry the intake manifold from the cylinder heads. Remove manifold gaskets and seals and discard intake manifold attaching bolt sealing washer.

Fig. 13 Intake manifold installation:




Fig. 14 Intake manifold bolt tightening sequence:





12. Reverse procedure to install. Apply sealer as shown in Fig. 13. Tighten manifold attaching bolts to 32-33 Nm (23-25 ft-lbs) in sequence shown in Fig. 14.