Pushrod Engine

Typical block assembly & components:

*** UPDATED BY: 84-6 DATED: 10/83

1. Disconnect battery.
2. Drain cooling system.
3. Remove air cleaner.
4. Disconnect accelerator and T.V. Cables.
5. Disconnect ECM harness at engine.
6. Disconnect necessary vacuum hoses.
7. Disconnect radiator hoses at engine.
8. Disconnect heater hoses at engine.
9. Remove exhaust heat shield.
10. If equipped with A/C, remove adjustment bolt at motor mount.
11. Disconnect engine wiring harness at bulkhead.
12. Remove windshield washer bottle.
13. Remove alternator belt.
14. Remove power steering belt.
15. Disconnect fuel hoses.
16. Raise vehicle
17. If equipped with A/C, remove A/C brace.
18. Remove inner fender splash shield.
19. If equipped with A/C, remove A/C compressor.
20. Remove flywheel splash shield.
21. Disconnect starter wires.
22. Disconnect front starter brace.
23. Remove starter.
24. Remove torque converter bolts.
25. Remove crankshaft pulley.
26. Remove crankshaft hub using tool J-24420.
27. Remove oil filter.
28. Disconnect engine to transmission bracket.
29. Disconnect right rear motor mount.
30. Disconnect exhaust at manifold.
31. Disconnect exhaust at center hanger and loosen muffler hanger.
32. Disconnect T.V. and shift cable bracket.
33. Remove lower two bellhousing bolts.
34. Lower vehicle.
35. Remove right front motor mount nuts.
36. Remove alternator and adjusting brace.
37. Disconnect master cylinder and push aside.
38. Install lifting device.
39. Remove right front motor mount bracket.
40. Remove upper bellhousing bolts.
41. Remove power steering pump while lifting engine.
42. Remove engine.

Fig. 1 Engine front mount. 1982---84:

34. Lift engine and remove power steering pump, if so equipped.
35. Remove engine.
36. Install engine mount alignment bolt M6.0 x 1 x 65, Fig. 1, to ensure proper power train alignment.
37. Lower engine into vehicle.
38. Install upper bellhousing bolts and left front engine mount nuts.
39. Reverse removal procedure to install. On 1982---83 models, once engine is installed, check alignment bolt. If excessive effort is required to remove bolt, loosen transaxle mount adjusting bolts and realign power train.