Removal

^ Tool Required:
- J 35271 Flywheel Holder





1. Discharge and recover refrigerant (if equipped).
2. Raise and suitably support vehicle.
3. Four bolts and front skid plate from vehicle (if equipped).
4. Front differential assembly from chassis (four-wheel drive model vehicles).
5. Place a drain pan beneath engine oil pan to catch escaping oil.





6. Engine oil drain plug and gasket allowing engine oil to drain.
7. Clutch housing lower plate (manual transmission equipped vehicles) or torque converter housing lower plate (automatic transmission equipped vehicles).





8. Sixteen bolts and two nuts and engine oil pan from cylinder block.
9. Two bolts and oil pump strainer from cylinder block.
10. Lower vehicle.
11. A/C drive belt, compressor and bracket (if equipped).
12. Timing belt outside cover, timing belt and tensioner.
13. Oil level indicator from guide tube.
14. One bolt and guide tube with O-ring from oil pump.





15. Lock crankshaft using a flywheel holder on the flywheel.





16. Crankshaft timing belt gear bolt.
17. Crankshaft timing belt gear.





18. Seven bolts and oil pump assembly, gasket, rubber oil pump-to-coolant pump seals and two guide pins from cylinder block.
19. Clean the cylinder block, oil pump and oil pan mating surfaces.