I know this sounds stupid but I loosened the rocker and removed the pushrod (like the haynes manual said. It shows extracting the lifter with a strong magnet or scribe and pulling it out through the hole, my question is what hole? the hole that the rod was in? It seems far too small.
No the hole is visible when the lower intake manifold is removed http://repairguide.autozone.com/znetrgs/repair_guide_content/en_us/images/0900c152/80/0b/84/fa/large/0900c152800b84fa.gif Go to www.autozone.com and sign up its free and the instructions with diagrams are there
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