V-8 ENGINE
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e
Install
new insulator with two insulator-to-
transmission
housing
bolts
and washers and tighten
to
30
lb. ft. torque.
5.
Lower
rear
of transmission so that insulator
positions are above crossmember.
6.
Install
two crossmember to insulator
bolts
with
washers and tighten to
30
lb. ft, torque,
DRIVE
BELTS-ADJUST
Engine
fan and accessory drive
belts
may be ad-
justed
by use of the Borroughs Belt Tension
gauge.
Section 6A
gives
the correct specifications.
ENGINE-REMOVE
AND
INSTALL
REMOVE
1. Disconnect battery cables at battery.
2.
Drain
cooling system.
3.
Scribe alignment marks on hood around hood
hinges and remove hood from hinges.
4. Disconnect
engine
wire harness and
engine-to-
body ground straps.
5.
Remove air cleaner.
6. Remove fan shield.
7. Disconnect radiator and heater
hoses
at
engine
attachment.
8. If equipped with manual transmission, remove
radiator.
9. If equipped with power steering or air condi-
tioning, remove pump and compressor from mounting
brackets
and set aside. Do not disconnect
hoses.
10. Remove
engine
fan and pulley.
11. Disconnect accelerator control linkage and re-
move
accelerator linkage support bracket.
12. Disconnect transmission vacuum modulator
line and power brake vacuum line at carburetor and
fold back out of way.
13.
On
Firebird
equipped with
A/C,
remove wind-
shield
wiper motor.
14. Raise vehicle and
drain
crankcase.
15. Disconnect gas tank lines at fuel pump.
16. Disconnect exhaust pipes from manifolds.
17. Disconnect starter wires.
18. If equipped with automatic transmission, re-
move
convertor cover, remove three convertor re-
taining
bolts
and slide convertor to
rear.
19. If equipped with manual transmission, discon-
nect clutch linkage, remove clutch cross shaft,
starter
and lower flywheel cover.
20. Remove four lower bell housing
bolts
(two
each side).
21. Disconnect transmission filler tube support
and
starter wire harness shield from cylinder heads.
22. Remove two front motor mount
bolts
at frame.
23.
Lower
vehicle.
24. Using
jack
and block of wood, support trans-
mission.
25. Remove two remaining bell housing bolts.
26. Raise transmission slightly.
27. Using suitable lifting equipment, remove en-
gine.
INSTALL
1.
Install
engine
lifting equipment to
engine
and
lower
engine
into chassis, guiding
engine
to align
engine
with bell housing.
2.
With
engine
supported by lifting equipment, in-
stall
two upper bell housing bolts.
CA
UTION:
Do not
lower
engine
completely
while
jack is supporting transmission.
3.
Remove transmission support
jack.
4.
Lower
engine
and remove lifting equipment.
5. Raise vehicle.
6.
Install
remaining bell housing bolts.
7. Replace two front motor mount to frame bolts.
8. For remaining installation procedures, reverse
steps
1
thru
19.
MANIFOLD—VALVE
TRAINS—CYLINDER HEADS
RIGHT SIDE EXHAUST
MANIFOLD
OR
GASKET-
REMOVE
AND
REPLACE
REMOVE
1. Disconnect exhaust pipe from manifold.
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