The 2 bolts that hold a water pipe on the bottem of my lower intake manifold snapped the other day when I tryed to remove it. Now I have to replace the intake manifold.

Anyone have any tips on removing the thing? It seems like there is a wire loom going through the middle, I assume I have to remove the wires headed to the tranny?

 

ok im guessing 22re??? well its fun you take the upper off then unplug a few things and take the fuel line off and start unbolting man oh and watch out theres a allen headed one in there too not sure what size but its a pain in the butmonkeys its right under the water jacket you might have broke it already hope it helps

 

The upper plenum is the easy part. Yes, you will have to get under the truck and unplug the O2 sensor, 2 er 3 plugins on the tranny, unhook the wires from their hold-in clamps, and pull the mess through the center pf the manifold (I don't know why Toyota decided to rout it through there...). After that, be sure to remove that allen head bolt as just a 22re said; that's what stumped me the 1st time I did it, then the rest is a breeze.

Took me all of a day to get it off, cleaned up, and bolted back up the first time. Could probably do it in just a few hours now.