well my 1st question is what head are you putting back on the motor? get your self a 96-00 head gasket from honda. much better than the older ones. while you are in there you may want to consider replacing the timing belt and possibly the water pump. one of the more difficult bolts to remove would have to be the lower pulley bolt(17mm) i would try to remove this first because beleive me it sucks to have alot taken off and then you cant get that bolt off!!!
if you are reusing the same head i would just leave the intake manifold on the head. as far as the exhaust manifold goes , im sorry but that has to come off.
i personally have never used a helms manual
let me know how it goes.....i'll do what i can to help
