Refitting fuel injectors

[cavebloke]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me the best method to refit the fuel injectors. When I stripped the engine down the injectors stayed stuck in the inlet manifold so I left them there. Now when I've come to refit the fuel rail, the clips that go on the top of the injectors won't fit (because the injectors aren't far enough into the fuel rail once it's torqued down).

Is there some clever trick to acheiving this or should I strip them out and fit them to the fuel rail first before bolting it down into the manifold?

Cheers,

Simon