Fitted Block Assembly-Replace - Pontiac tempest 1968 Service Manual

SIX CYLINDER E N G I N E 6-33
9. Install crankcase front cover using new seal and
gaskets.
10. Install oil pan.
11. Install harmonic balancer.
12. Install fan pulley and fan.
13. Install spark plugs.
14. Remove engine from stand.
15. Attach clutch to engine,
16. Install complete assembly in vehicle.
FITTED BLOCK ASSEMBLY-REPLACE
Fitted block assembly contains pistons, rings, pins
and main bearing caps.
DISASSEMBLE
1. Remove engine from vehicle.
2. Remove clutch and flywheel from engine.
3. Install engine in suitable stand.
4. Remove ground straps and dipstick.
5. Remove harmonic balancer.
6. Remove front timing belt covers.
7. Remove fuel and oil pump housing assembly
and timing belt.
8. Remove water pump.
9. Remove remaining accessory mounting brackets
and engine mounts.
10. Remove rocker arm cover assembly.
11. Remove cylinder head and manifolds.
12. Remove crankshaft flange, sprocket and front
crankcase cover.
13. Remove oil pan.
14. Remove oil pump pick-up tube and crankcase
splash baffles.
15. Remove crankshaft.
16. Remove all connecting rod and piston assem­
blies and identify each connecting rod according to
cylinder from which it was removed.
17. Remove connecting rods from pistons.
18. Remove old block from stand and mount new
block on stand.
19. Remove new piston and pin assemblies from
new block and identify each according to cylinder
from which it was removed.
This completes disassembly for block assembly
replacement. Use new gaskets and pay special at­
tention to torque requirements.
ASSEMBLE
1. Assemble old connecting rods to new piston and
pin assemblies according to cylinders from which
they were removed.
2. Install crankshaft and plastigage main bearings.
3. Install connecting rod and piston assemblies in
proper cylinders.
4. Install crankcase splash baffles and oil pump
pick-up tube.
5. Install oil pan.
6. Install front crankcase cover, crankshaft
sprocket and flange.
7. Install cylinder head and manifolds.
8. Install rocker arm cover assembly.
9. Install accessory mounting brackets and engine
mounts.
10. Install water pump.
11. Install fuel and oil pump housing assembly and
timing belt.
12. Install lower front timing belt cover.
13. Install harmonic balancer.
14. Align timing marks and adjust timing belt
tension.
NOTE: It will be necessary to remove distributor
cap to make certain that the rotor arm points to­
ward number one cylinder spark plug contact. See
Fig. 6E-28.
15. Install upper front timing belt cover.
16. Install ground straps and dipstick.
17. Remove engine from stand and install flywheel
and clutch. Tighten flywheel to crankshaft bolts
60 lb. ft.
18. Install engine in vehicle.