Removing wipers and plastic tray under them made life easier for removing and replacing the back nuts although not imposable to do without doing this. There was also a hose clip holding the rubber pipe to the underside of the inlet-manifold so don't just iank it off like I did thinking it was just stubborn. To get the extra room for the twist I lifted the dipstick out.
Must admit went against the advice of getting the best plugs on the basis that what I own would not warrant the bigger money. A fine saying said to me `Horses for courses`
Depends on how soon you plan on having to do it all again.
NGK have been fine on both my Migs.
I don't intend to do it again though Turk, but with that said when I was about to buy the plugs I wasn't sure whether I should fix he car or scrap it so just 2 cheep plugs would see to the end of mot (aug) as from that point I can then decide whether to keep it or look for a better one and keep as donor or drop engine and box to sell to a taxi driver and scrap the poor looking shell. (it is in a very sad shape/state, no sharps pointing out but been bumped and banged a few times).I still got the plugs I bought as didnt see point in fitting when the back two wasnt conected.
As for manifold gasket I bought sheets of gasket and cut out the ovals with sharp blade that seems to work fine.