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ENGINE 5.9L DIESEL
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING—ENGINE
DIAGNOSIS - MECHANICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING—SMOKE
DIAGNOSIS CHARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING - CYLINDER
COMPRESSION/LEAKAGE TESTS . . . . . . . 239
STANDARD PROCEDURE
STANDARD PROCEDURE - FORM-IN-
PLACE GASKETS AND SEALERS . . . . . . . . 239
STANDARD PROCEDURE - REPAIR
DAMAGED OR WORN THREADS . . . . . . . . 240
STANDARD PROCEDURE—HYDROSTATIC
LOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
REMOVAL
REMOVAL - ENGINE
REMOVAL—CRANKCASE BREATHER
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION - ENGINE
INSTALLATION—CRANKCASE BREATHER
SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS - 5.9L DIESEL
TORQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
SPECIAL TOOLS
5.9L DIESEL ENGINE
ENGINE DATA PLATE
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
AIR CLEANER ELEMENT
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
CYLINDER HEAD
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
CLEANING
CLEANING—CYLINDER HEAD
CLEANING—CROSSHEADS
CLEANING—PUSHRODS
INSPECTION
INSPECTION - CYLINDER HEAD . . . . . . . . . 252
INSPECTION—CROSSHEADS
INSPECTION—PUSHRODS
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
CYLINDER HEAD COVER(S)
REMOVAL
REMOVAL—CYLINDER HEAD COVER
REMOVAL—ROCKER HOUSING
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
ENGINE 5.9L DIESEL
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INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION—CYLINDER HEAD COVER
INSTALLATION - ROCKER HOUSING
INTAKE/EXHAUST VALVES & SEATS
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
STANDARD PROCEDURE
STANDARD PROCEDURE - VALVES,
GUIDES AND SPRINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
STANDARD PROCEDURE - VALVE LASH
ADJUSTMENT AND VERIFICATION . . . . . . . 259
REMOVAL - VALVE SPRINGS AND SEALS
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
ROCKER ARM / ADJUSTER ASSY
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
ENGINE BLOCK
STANDARD PROCEDURE
STANDARD PROCEDURE - CYLINDER
BLOCK REFACING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
STANDARD PROCEDURE - CYLINDER
BORE - DE-GLAZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
STANDARD PROCEDURE—CYLINDER
BORE REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
STANDARD PROCEDURE—CAM BORE
REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
CAMSHAFT & BEARINGS (IN BLOCK)
REMOVAL
REMOVAL—CAMSHAFT BEARINGS
REMOVAL - CAMSHAFT
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION - CAMSHAFT BEARINGS
INSTALLATION - CAMSHAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS
STANDARD PROCEDURE - CONNECTING
ROD BEARING AND CRANKSHAFT
JOURNAL CLEARANCE
CRANKSHAFT AND GEAR
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
REMOVAL - GEAR
INSTALLATION - GEAR
CRANKSHAFT MAIN BEARINGS
STANDARD PROCEDURE - MAIN BEARING
CLEARANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
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