This is about an 8 hour job. Start with draining the rad of coolant. You do not have to remove the fuel rail, just move it aside. Best is to take a picture of the intake before, gives you some reference to finish the job. Now, start with removing everything else that has to be removed. Torque the new intake to spec's.
Yes
The gasket is between the head and the intake.
lower intake manifold, 2 wire conector
18 ft lbs
you need manifold vacuum for the brake booster.. (intake manifold)
The intake manifold is an air intake. There isn't something that you refer to as a fuel intake. Fuel is introduced to the cylinders directly at the intake valves by the fuel injectors.
On a 4.6L engine, I have never seen a water hose under the intake. Anybody else?
Heater Core Return Hose. Stick to the factory one.
There was one main safety concern of the Ford Crown Victoria sedan. The main safety concern of the Ford Crown Victoria sedan was the fuel tank sometimes were to leak. Another safety concern was the intake manifold defect which was also a leak.
No the 2001 Crown Vic does not have a aluminum intake , it has a composite plastic intake. as did all 96 to 01 Crown Vics. Starting in 02 Ford started using a different type of plastic intake with a aluminum front water crossover due to a class action lawsuit.
its on the back side of the thottle body on top of the intake manifold. There are some good pictures showing the location and instructions for repair/replacement at Autoclinix.com specifcally for the Crown Victoria.
On your 1988 FordLTD Crown Victoria , 5.0 Follow the TOP radiator hose from the radiator to the front of the engine The engine cooling thermostat is in the front of the intake manifold where the radiator hose connects