Removing / Installing Upper Manifold

[james22]

Hi all.

Well I had an eventful weekend. Last week my phenolic spacer kit turned up, So on friday I decided I would pull the manifold off.
Easier said than done I must say, the bloody thing refused to come off, I had removed all 6 bolts and the thing wouldn't budge, and after doing one before, I couldn't understand why, as the other had just lifted straight off. This time it took 3 blokes 2 hours to remove.



Anyway as you can see, a lot of effort ended up being needed, I don't know why anyone would f*%cking stick the mongrel down but they have. :

In any case, while it was off, I decided to finish polishing it. I started Friday night, and had finished polishing the manifold, throttlebody & Maf sensor thingymagig last night. Came up rather well too, but not something I'd care to repeat lol.

And now the time has come to re-assemble. The question is:

A) Do I have to go to Ford, to get a Throttlebody to Manifold gasket & A Throttlebody to ISC valve gasket?

B) HTF does the spring on the bottom of the throttlebody, that connects to your throttle cable & butterfly go back in?

Cheers

James