I know there have been alot of threads on this topic, Just a couple hints i learned from doing it. total time from start to finish was about 5 hours. book called for 4.5 . A mistake i made was taking off the power steering pulley. It is pressed on so we used some special tools to take it off and put it back on. i later found out that the braket behind it (which is why we took off the pulley) can be pried back once all the bolts and the one nut come off. this would then give you acsess to the intake bolts. Also I would recommend replacing your t-stat and water pump while doing this job. I did, if you wait till they go bad you have alota parts to remove again to gain acsess to that water pump. Also check for pitting on the heads and intake. I had a little bit and made sure to use some extra RTV in those areas. If the pitting gets bad enough you may want to replace the part.