Dodge Dakota Sport 2001 Service Manual page 1209

9 - 180 ENGINE 4.7L
STRUCTURAL COVER (Continued)
Fig. 86 Structural Cover
INSTALLATION
CAUTION: The structural cover must be installed as
described in the following steps. Failure to do so
will cause severe damage to the cover.
(1) Position the structural cover in the vehicle.
(2) Install all four bolts retaining the cover-to-en-
gine. DO NOT tighten the bolts at this time.
(3) Install the four cover-to-transmission bolts. Do
NOT tighten at this time.
CAUTION: The structural cover must be held tightly
against both the engine and the transmission bell
housing during tightening sequence. Failure to do
so may cause damage to the cover.
(4) Starting with the two rear cover-to-engine
bolts, tighten bolts (1) (Fig. 87) to 54 N·m (40 ft. lbs.),
then tighten bolts (2) (Fig. 87) and (3) to 54 N·m ( 40
ft. lbs.) in the sequence shown.
Fig. 87 Structural Cover
(5) Install the exhaust pipe on left hand exhaust
manifold.
(6) Tighten exhaust
retaining bolts to 20–26 N·m (15–20 ft. lbs.).
FRONT MOUNT
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
CAUTION: Remove the fan blade, fan clutch and fan
shroud before raising engine. Failure to do so may
cause damage to the fan blade, fan clutch and fan
shroud.
(2) Remove the fan blade, fan clutch and fan
shroud (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/FAN DRIVE
VISCOUS CLUTCH - REMOVAL).
(3) Remove the engine oil filter.
(4) Support the engine with a suitable jack and a
block of wood across the full width of the engine oil
pan.
(5) Remove the four (4) cylinder block-to-insulator
mount bolts and the nut from the engine insulator
mount through bolt (4x2 Vehicles only) (Fig. 88) (Fig.
89).
(6) Remove the three (3) cylinder block-to-insulator
mount bolts and loosen the nut from the engine insu-
lator mount through bolt (4x4 Vehicles only) (Fig. 90)
(Fig. 91).
Fig. 88 Engine Insulator Mount 4x2 Vehicle—Left
1 - ENGINE INSULATOR MOUNT-LEFT SIDE
2 - MOUNTING BOLT
manifold-to-exhaust
Side
AN
pipe