Becareful re-installing the fuel pump eccentric. If you have a fiber timing gear or much timing chain slop replace the timing set. It doesn't sound like you have worked on this motor before. Clean with brake clean to make the RTV stick. Don't over torque the pan bolts and crush the gasket. Don't plug the hole! Use thin RTV on the pan gasket and seal corners. Don't over torque the top bolt (14lbs) into the intake and put a little red RTV on the rubber ring. Stuff a rag in the front of the pan for scraping the block before assembly. Coolant sinks and comes out first when you drain the oil. You can not get the cover off without the pump draining coolant down the front of the motor. When doing a timing chain, I always finished by draining the oil. The two tubes are in the cover and are not an issue if you don't pull the pump. Don't over torque the pump bolts, they go into aluminum. If you make a mistake and pull a 1 1/4 bolt, but put it back into the pump. You can see the bosses going through the cover for the long ones that go through the pump/cover into the block. Removing the hoses can cause a lot of head aches.Īs noted, there are only 6 bolts that hold the body of the cover to the block. Leave the PWR steering pump in the bracket and remove bracket from block. Hard to remember which is which when they are in a pile. I think the hardest part is putting the brackets back together. This is not a difficult job, but here is what I think you might want to know: * Lastly thanks Bret (I think) for the pictures. I've heard as soon as the front of the oil pan is visiable I should put a rag in there to prevent anything from falling in. Q: I understand there are alignment rods that come out of the engine that help align the water pump? ( true ? in pic )Īny tips on this removal aside of taking lots of pictures and labeling everything? Q: After all bolts removed should I just pry the timing cover forward with a flat head gently from each corner? Q: Just to confirm, I remove the 4 bolts in questions in the picture plus any bolt from the water pump that goes into the block? Then I have balancer first to remove and timing chain cover to remove as a full unit. Then I assume remove crank bolt and remove 4 bolts that hold crank pulley on (pre work=> tdc #1, disconnect coil wire and then disconnect battery + & -)ġ - drain radiator via drain cock - open rad cap ( keep antifreeze )Ĥ - raise rear end using jack so AF drains out of front of engine ( tip I heard on PY ? ) Just wanted to run by my plan of attack and ask if you have any tips. It's going to be a first for me, I'm pretty excited about the job. Just looking for some tips before I try and get down to inspecting the timing chain and hopefully degreeing my current cam.
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