FourEyed5Oh

Heyy guys i was trying to swap my upper intake on my 1986 fuel injected 5.0 mustang when i ran into a big issue. I cant seperate the throttle body space from the intake. It appears to have rusted solid. I had to stop tryin to pry it apart to avoid further damage but i dont really know how else to get it off?

FourEyed5Oh

here are pics of the two peices i was talking about, i also cannot remove the 4 studs that go through the throttle body spacer into the intake. thanks

bluebeastsrt

Use a little force. Its just gasket sealant.

dawson1112

Whack it good with a rubber mallet a few times. If you keep trying to pry it off your going to damage it.

FourEyed5Oh

Ok cool.thanks. I was hoping the studs werent holding it ill try again in day time. Tonight im polishing the valve covers as they look old and dingy. Can i just bolt a explorer gt40 upper intake on or would i also need to change the lower intake?

dawson1112

Youd need the lower intake that goes with the gt40

leftyatm

Rubber mallet or introduce a little heat to get things moving?