1996 Ford Taurus Missing?

Tiny
CHRIS_FAULKNER
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  • 1996 FORD TAURUS
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 100,000 MILES
I'm working on my girlfriends car. It's a 3.0L 24v V6. It feels like the car's missing severly spark wise, so today I changed 4 of the 6 plugs. The reason being is because I spent 2 hours trying to get the intake manifold off. I removed the 6 8mm bolts on top and the 2 7mm bolts behind it, but it seems to still be bolted down or caught on something near the throttle body. I tried everything to change the last 2 plugs under the manifold but I can't seem to get to them without removing the manifold. Any suggestions?
Friday, February 12th, 2010 AT 12:01 AM

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Tiny
BMRFIXIT
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Mark and remove vacuum hoses and wiring harness connectors as necessary.
Disconnect throttle cable and speed control actuator from throttle body. Remove throttle cable bracket from intake manifold. Disconnect Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) tube. Remove upper intake manifold retaining bolts
Remove upper intake manifold.
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Friday, February 12th, 2010 AT 6:29 AM

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