coolant union under intake

[Tpanda]

Anyone have to change the coolant union under the intake on a Z22 motor? Its a 1982 720 king cab.

Truck sat for 6 years behind my house. Drove it to work to drain the gas and found that fitting spitting coolant out.

The union is a 3 way connector that is a 27mm wrench. Is it easier to pull the intake or remove it still attatched to the intake?

I dont own a 27mm swivel socket, so going underneath appears impossible and my 27mm wrench only leaves a half inch to turn either way against the fender well which means it would take forever to turn out and tighten back in.

[PEZi]

The intake is simple to remove... Just go that route

[Tpanda]

It doesnt look hard to take off at all but the bolt heads dont look in the best of shape.

Have a lot of cosmetic stuff and these minor problems keep popping off. Dont need to shear off an intake bolt. lol.

thanks for the reply.