Engine Assembly; Engine Installation - Gravely Convertible 7.6 Service Manual

1. Install the valve guide and plunger assemblies on each side
of the crankcase, do not tighten.
2. Install a new gasket to the four studs on the crankcase.
3. Support the piston assembly and start the cylinder assembly
down over the piston and rings.
1. Slide engine in position on chassis.
2. Install six bolts securing the engine to chassis.
3. Install the washer and nut on the stud extending through
the chassis casting in front of the engine.
4. Attach the intake and discharge lines to the oil pump.
Connect the line to the side of the engine.
5. Lower handles, fuel tank and fan housing down over
engine.
6. Position fan housing on studs of fan housing brackets.
7. Raise hitch and install hitch braces on fan housing bracket
studs.
8. Install lockwashers and nuts on fan housing bracket studs.
9. Install R.H. air deflector.
10. Install magneto kill wire.
11. On swiftamatic tractors, connect the shifter rod to the
shifter handle at the R.H. handle.
12. Attach the High-Low and Forward-Reverse controls to the
R.H. handle.
13. Install fan belt.
14. Install LH air deflector.
15. Install carburetor on intake manifold.
16. Install air cleaner hose on carburetor and air cleaner
mounting bracket.
17. Attach fuel line to carburetor and turn on fuel.
18. Connect throttle and choke controls to carburetor.
19. Time engine according to instructions on page 8

ENGINE ASSEMBLY

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ENGINE INSTALLATION

4. Guide the cylinder down over the piston guiding the valves
and springs into the valve guides and the cylinder over the
studs of the crankcase.
5. Secure the cylinder to the crankcase, tighten the valve
guide assembly nuts.
6. Adjust the valve tappet clearance .012 inch; intake .012
inch exhaust.
20. Install head using new gasket. Torque bolts to 20 ft. lbs.
21. Install cylinder air deflectors.
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