Ford FALCON 1960 Shop Manual page 27

PART 1-1- ENGINES
BEARINGS
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49-Camshaft and Related Paris
6. Disconnect the muffler inlet pipe
at the exhaust manifo ld. Loosen the
inlet pipe clamp and slide it o ff the
support bracket on the engine. Pull
the muffler inlet pipe down. Remove
the gasket.
7. Disconnect the distrib utor vacu-
um line at the distributor. Disconnect
the carburetor fuel inlet line and the
vacuum line at the fuel pump. Re-
move the three lines as an assembly.
D isconnect the windshield wiper vac-
uum line at the fuel pump.
On an engine with positive crank-
case ventilation, di sco nnect the ex-
haust tube at the regulator valve and
crankcase outlet. Remove the regula-
tor va lve and crankcase outlet
adapter. Disconnect the vacuum line
at the regulator valve fittin g and fuel
pump.
8. Disco nnect the spark plug wires
at the spark plugs and the coil high
tension lead at the coi l. Remove the
distributor cap and spa rk plug wires
as an assembly. Disconnect the pri-
mary wire at the coil and remove it
from the retaining clip on the cylin-
der head.
9. Disconnect the engine tempera-
ture sending unit wire at the sending
unit. Disconnect the flexible fuel line
at the fuel tank line and plug the line.
Remove the distribu tor, the fuel
pump, and the oil filter.
10. Remove the valve rocker arm
cover. Follow steps 9 and 10 under
"Cylinder Head Removal" and re-
move the cylinder head.
11. Using a
~ag~ et,
remove the
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50-Valve Tappet Removal
CAMSHAFT SPROCKET A 1395-&
tappets and keep them in order so
that they can be installed in their
original location (Fig. 50).
12. Remove the drive belt, fan and
pulley. and the crankshaft pulley. If
eq uipped with a crankshaft vibration
damper, remove the damper using
tool T 58P-63 16-A.
13. Remove the oil level dipstick.
Remove the oil pan. Remove the oil
pump and inlet tube assembly.
14. Remove the cylinder front
cover and gasket (the crankcase ven-
tilation tube bracket is retai ned by
o ne cylinder front cover bolt). Re-
move the : rankshaft front o il slinger.
15. Push the camshaft toward the
rear of the engine. ]nstall a dial indi-
cator so th at the indicator point is on
the camshaft sprocket cap screw
(Fig. 5 1). Zero the dial indicator.
Position a large screw driver between
the camshaft sproc ket and the block.
Pull the ca mshaft fo rward and re-
le ase it. Co mpare the dial indicator
re adi ng with specifications.
If the
end play is excessive, replace the
thrust p late.
16. Remove the dial indicator. Re-
move the timing chain and sprockets
fo llowing steps 4 and 5 under "Cylin-
der Front Cover and T im ing C bain
Removal."
17. Remove the camshaft thrust
plate. Carefully remove the camshaft
by pulling it toward the front of the
FIG.
51-Camshaft End Play
1-21
engine. Use caution to avoid damag-
ing the journals and lobes.
INSTALLATION
1. C lean the oil passage th at feeds
the rocker arm shaft by blowing
compressed air into the opening in
the block. Oil the camshaft and
appl y Lubriplate to all the camshaft
lobes. Carefully slide the camshaft
through the bearings.
2. Install the thrust plate and
to rque the retaining screws to speci-
fic ations. Replace the crankshaft
front oil seal.
3. Foll ow steps 1, 2, and 3 under
"Cylinder Front Cover and Timing
C hain Installation" and instaH tbe
sproc kets and timing chain, o il sling-
er, the cylinder front cover, and tbe
crankshaft pu lley or damper.
4. Clean the oil pump inlet tube
screen, and the oil pan and block
gasket surfaces. Install the oil pump
inlet tube, oil pump, and the oil pan
and related parts. ]nstall the oil level
dipstick.
5. Install the fan and fan pulley.
and drive belt. Adjust the belt ten-
sion. Install the rad iator and the
gri lle.
6. Dip the tappet foot in Lubri-
plate. Coat the remainder of each
valve tappet with engine o il Install
the tappets in their original bores.
7. Install the cylinder head. push
rods, and the valve rocke r arm shaft
assembly (including a preliminary
valve lash adj ustment ) by following
steps I through 9 under "Cylinder
H ead Installation."
8. Using a new gasket, install tbe
fue l pump and connect the flexible
fuel li ne. Install the oil filter.
9. Position the distributor in the
block with the rotor at the No. 1
firing position and the breaker points
open. ]nstall the distributo r hold down
clamp.
10. Connect the engine tempera-
ture sending unit wire. Connect the
coil primary wire. Install the distribu-
to r cap. Connect the spark plug wires
and the coil high tension lead.
11 . Install the distributor vac-
uum line, tbe carburetor fue l inlet
line, and the vacuu m line. Co nnect
the windshield vacuum line.
On an engine with positive crank-
case ven til atio n, position and con nect
the vac uum line at the regulator valve
fitting and fue l pump. Clean the regu-
lator valve parts, exhaust tube,
rubber hose connections, and outlet
adapter. Install the regul ator valve.
Insta ll the cra nkc a'Se ou tlet adapter.