My coolant cross over pipe started leaking on the passenger side by the intake, I tried tightening the bolt by it and broke it, and the threads are in the block. I used a heli coil kit and a new bolt from ford to fix that problem.
I ended up having to pull the entire intake manifold to fix it, and other things came to my attention, the valve cover gaskets failed a very long time ago because the entire motor was covered in oil and dirt, looked like it must have been leaking for years.
Since I'm now committed with all the work allot of parts are being changed, I picked up 8 smp coils, NGK iridium's, intake gaskets, throttle body gaskets, fuel injector o rings, coolant crossover pipe gaskets, thermostat and gasket,and valve cover gaskets, all fel-pro. I also made 2 custom gaskets where the coolant Cris over pipe meets the block to make sure theres rno more leaks
I pressure washed the motor and the intake since everything's apart, I just need the passenger side valve cover off and then I can re assemble!