Front Engine Plate: Service and Repair

Front Engine Plate

REMOVAL
1. Remove crankshaft pulley.
2. Remove water pump pulley.
3. Release distributor cap clips.
4. Release plug leads from plugs and clips.
5. Place cap and leads to one side.
6. Turn engine until No.1 piston is at T.D.C.
7. Check position of rotor arm.
8. Remove fixings securing power steering pump bracket to water pump bracket.
9. Remove power steering pump bracket from water pump.
10. Remove clips securing wiring to generator tensioner.
11. Disconnect distributor feed wire.
12. Pivot power steering pump away from front cover, tighten pivot to retain in position.
13. Disconnect vacuum pipe from distributor.
14. Remove water pump bottom hose.
15. Disconnect oil pressure switch.
16. Disconnect heater hose at water pump.
17. Remove generator tensioner from water pump, move tensioner aside.
18. Mark distributor position to front cover.
19. Remove distributor clamp, remove distributor.
20. Remove fixings oil pan to front cover.
21. Loosen four adjacent oil pan fixings.
22. Remove generator support strut from front cover, move strut aside.
23. Loosen remaining front cover fixings and remove front cover.
24. Remove front cover gasket.

INSTALLATION
1. Clean timing cover, clean block face. 26. Lightly grease gasket faces.
2. Install the new gasket to block face.
3. Apply hylosil to oil pan gasket.
4. Clean threads of cover fixing bolts, apply Loctite 372 to threads.
5. Install the timing cover, fit fixing bolts. Tighten to 28 Nm (21 ft. lbs.).
6. Install the generator support strut to front cover.
7. Tighten oil pan to timing cover fixings to 10 Nm (88 inch lbs.).
8. Tighten oil pan fixings to 10 Nm (88 inch lbs.).
9. Lubricate distributor O ring.
10. Install the distributor in position marked.
11. Align oil pump drive, if distributor does not seat correctly.
12. Install the distributor clamp. Tighten to 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs.).
13. Locate generator tensioner on water pump bracket.
14. Connect heater hose, tighten clip.
15. Connect oil pressure switch.
16. Connect bottom hose, tighten clip.
17. Connect vacuum pipe to distributor.
18. Loosen power steering pump pivot, lower pump.
19. Connect distributor feed wire.
20. Connect wire ties to generator tensioner.
21. Fit power steering pump bracket to water pump. Tighten to 28 Nm (21 ft. lbs.).
22. Install the power steering pump to bracket.
23. Position distributor cap. Fit plug leads to plugs and clips.
24. Clip distributor cap in position.
25. Install the water pump pulley. Tighten to 10 Nm (88 inch lbs.).
26. Install the crankshaft pulley.
27. Tension drive belts correctly.
28. Check ignition timing.
29. Refill cooling system.