Dissassembling the manifold was quite easy. There are lots of bolts, but very easy to get to.
Sorry, no pictures. Keep meaning to take some when I do projects.
In retrospect, pulling the manifold off of the head was probably unnecessary.
The throttle body was dirt and needed cleaning, and this can be pulled off of the manifold. Use carburetor cleaner. The service manual says to be careful not to get cleaner in the idle bypass chamber or something--there are a couple of passages there and it recommends plugging them, although I did not.
I would pull the throttle body and the MAFS, clean those both and see if you get better results. leave the manifold on the engine
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