This is an excellent post created by DRDD. I just finished doing mine today and have a couple of hints that might be helpful to anyone else who follows this thread. (Mine's a '96, so other years might be a little different, but not by much)
1. I didn't remove the fan, as I saw no reason to do so. It doesn't interfere with removing or replacing the manifold.
2. You don't have to remove the alternator - just unbolt the large bracket from the engine (after you remove the tensioner) and pull it forward a bit, just like the PS bracket.
3. If you find it a contortionists nightmare to get to the distributor hold down nut, you can make it alot easier by removing the plastic upper manifold first. These instructions remove everything as one big chunk, which is fine, but knowing that the plastic housing can be easily removed for better access to the distributor is nice to know. Also, I removed the fuel input line at the injector block at the top of the housing and carefully positioned it out of the way to get the manifold out. I just couldn't get enough leverage back at the firewall. My knees still hurt from being stretched out over the length of the engine....
4. Once the upper manifold bolts are removed from the lower manifold, all that holds it together is an "O" ring around the injector connector housing. This is good info. to know.
Hope this helps the next courageous shade-tree mechanic.