Cadillac 60 Series 1963 Shop Manual page 215

9-22
ENGINE MECHANICAL
Lifter
Valve Lifter Plunger
Remover Tool
No. J-4160
Fig. 9-22 Removing Stuck Plunger from Body
2. Position ball retainer over ball and snap into
recess in plunger.
3. Place spring over ball retainer.
4. Lower lifter body over plunger assembly
on an angle to seat spring.
5. Turn assembly right side up and fill plunger
with clean engine oil.
6. Jiggle ball with small piece of wire until
oil drains out of plunger into body and trapped
air is released from body.
7. Refill plunger with oil, place push rod cup
on plunger, and position lock ring over cup.
8. Press lock ring into groove with Valve Lifter
Lock Ring Installer, J-2730, Fig. 9-23.
18. Valve Lifter Installation
Before installing valve lifters, apply a small
amount of rear axle lubricant to the foot of each
lifter.
1. Install lifters in cylinder block in same
bores from which they were removed.
NOTE: Steps 2, 3 and 4 apply only if the
valve compartment cover and intake manifold
were removed.
2. Install valve lifter compartment cover on
cylinder block, using new gasket, and secure with
front and center attaching screws. Tighten screws
to 25 inch-pounds.
3. Place ventilator valve connector over open-
ing in valve cover, using new gasket, and secure
with long attaching screw. Tighten screw to 25
inch-pounds.
4. Install intake manifold
Note 13, Steps 11 through 25.
as described in
5. Install push rods through openings in cylin-
der heads. Bottoms of push rods must be seated
in hydraulic valve lifter cups.
6. Position rocker arm assemblies over push
rods so that tops of push rods are seated in
rocker arm sockets and tighten attaching screws
(four on each side) to 75 foot-pounds.
CAUTION: Make sure thinner end of rocker
shaft brackets are right side up, or the rocker
shaft may be sprung out of alignment when the
cap screws are tightened down.
7. Recheck torque of all cylinder head cap
screws. These should be tightened to 75 foot-
pounds.
8. Using new gaskets, install rocker arm
covers, secondary wiring, and distributor cap as
an assembly.
9. Install cap screws that hold rocker arm
covers to cylinder heads and tighten screws to
28 inch-pounds.
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Fig. 9-23 Valve Lifter Lock Ring Installation