Cylinder Front Cover - Lincoln Continental 1964 Shop Manual

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battery ground cable on the battery.
Remove the fender covers and close
the hood.
CYLINDER FRONT COVER
REMOVAL
1. Open the hood and install
fender covers.
2. Drain the cooling system (open
the radiator drain cock and remove
the cylinder block drain plugs).
3. Disconnect the overflow hose
from the coolant supply tank. Dis-
connect the primary and secondary
wires from the ignition coil.
4. Remove the bolt securing the
supply tank brace, engine ground
strap, and battery ground cable to
the water pump. Disconnect the ra-
diator inlet hose from the coolant
tank and the radiator.
5. Remove the supply tank, ther-
mostat and gasket.
6. Loosen the coolant bypass hose
clamp at the water pump.
7. On a car with an air condi-
tioner, loosen the compressor sup-
port bracket and adjusting bracket
bolts. Push the compressor inward
toward the engine and remove the
drive belt. Remove the fan drive
clutch and fan assmbly, and the com-
pressor drive pulley as a unit.
8. Loosen the alternator adjusting
bracket and mounting bracket bolts.
Push the alternator inward toward
the engine and remove the fan-alter-
nator drive belts. Remove the fan
blade assembly, spacer, and mounting
bolts from the water pump pulJey
as a unit.
9. Disconnect the radiator outlet
hose at the water pump. Remove the
bolt securing the oil dipstick tube
bracket to the water pump. Remove
the power steering reservoir bracket
mounting bolt from the water pump
and loosen the remaining reservoir
bracket mounting bolts to allow
cJearance for removal of the water
pump.
10. Remove the water pump from
the cylinder block.
11. Remove the crankshaft damper
mounting bolt and washer. Remove
the crankshaft damper (Fig. 28).
12. Disconnect the power steering
high and low pressure lines at the
power steering pump and immedi-
ately plug the lines to prevent fluid
drainage. Remove the retaining bolts
securing the power steering pump
reservoir mounting bracket to the
cylinder front cover. Loosen the
clamp securing the high pressure
line to the bracket.
PART 8-2-430 V-8 ENGINE
13. Remove the crankshaft damper
Woodruff key from the crankshaft.
Remove the power steering pump.
14. Remove the heat shield from
the fuel pump. Disconnect the fuel
lines at the fuel pump and fuel filter.
Remove the fuel pump; then, re-
move the cup-type plug from the
top of the cylinder front cover with
the use of a long punch. Remove the
fuel pump push rod.
15. Raise the front of the car and
instaJI safety support stands. Remove
the bolts securing the cylinder front
cover to the oil pan and the cylinder
block.
16. Carefully remove the cylinder
front cover. If the oil pan gasket
is damaged during the removal of
the cylinder front cover, it will
he necessary to replace it before
installing the cylinder front cover.
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
Refer to Part 8-1, Section 3 for
the cleaning and inspection proce-
dures.
INSTALLATION
1. Coat the oil pan gasket (if it
was not replaced) and the cylinder
front cover gasket with an oil-re-
sistant sealer. Place an extra daub
of sealer at the point where the two
gaskets meet. Install the gasket on
the cylinder front cover; then, in-
stall the cover, coolant overflow hose
clip, timing pointer, power steering
hose bracket, and the mounting bolts
on the cylinder block. Tighten the
bolts finger-tight.
2. Install the oil pan to cylinder
front cover reinforcements and
mounting bolts. Torque the bolts to
specifications. Torque the cylinder
front cover mounting bolts to speci-
fications.
3. Make certain the power steer-
ing pump rubber insulators are
installed properly. Carefully install
the power steering pump on the
crankshaft, making certain the lips
of the cylinder front cover seal main-
tain proper contact with the power
steering pump. Install the retaining
bolts and washers and torque the
bolts to specifications. Connect the
inlet and outlet lines to the power
steering pump. Tighten the power
steering hose clamp.
4. Install the Woodruff key in the
crankshaft. Install and press the
crankshaft damper on the crankshaft
until it is seated against the power
steering pump coupler shaft (Fig.
29). Install the retaining bolt and
8-33
washer and torque the bolt to speci-
fications.
5. Coat new water pump gaskets
with water-resistant sealer. Install the
gaskets, water pump, oil level
dip~
stick tube bracket, and power steer-
ing reservoir mounting bracket.
Torque the water pump mounting
bolts to specifications. Torque the
power steering pump reservoir brack-
et mounting bolts to specifications.
Tighten the bypass hose clamp.
6. Install the fuel pump push rod
in the cylinder front cover. Install a
new cup-type plug
in.
the top of the
cover.
7. Coat a new fuel pump gasket
with an oil-resistant sealer. Install
the gasket and fuel pump on the
cylinder front cover and torque the
mounting bolts to specifications. Con-
nect the fuel vapor line to the fuel
pump. Install the fuel pump shield.
8. Install the thermostat in the in-
take manifold. Coat a new supply
tank mounting gasket with water-re-
sistant sealer. Install the supply tank
on the intake manifold. Install the
engine ground strap and battery
ground cable on the supply tank
brace; then, torque the water pump
mounting bolt to specifications.
Torque the supply tank to intake
manifold mounting bolts to specifica-
tions.
9. Connect the ignition coil pri-
mary and secondary wires to the coil
terminals. Connect the overflow hose
to the supply tank.
10. Install the fan-alternator drive
belts. Adjust the alternator to obtain
the specified drive belt tension and
tighten the generator adjusting brack-
et bolt. Tighten the alternator mount-
ing bolts. Connect the radiator outlet
hose to the water pump and radiator.
Close the radiator drain cock.
11. On a car with an air condi-
tioner, install the compressor drive
pulley, fan clutch drive, and fan as-
sembly in the engine compartment
as a unit. Install the compressor
drive pulley, fan clutch drive and
fan assembly on the water pump
pulley as a unit and tighten the
mounting bolts.
Install the compressor drive belt
on the compressor clutch and drive
pulley. Adjust the compressor to ob-
tain the specified drive belt tension.
12. Install the fan and spacer on
the water pump pulley and torque
the mounting bolts to specifications.
13. Connect the radiator inlet hose
to the radiator and supply tank. In-
stall the cylinder block drain plugs.