Front Oil Seal Replacement - Ford COUGAR 1968 Shop Manual

8-72
GROUP 8
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Engine
der head mounting bolt. Remove the
alternator bracket bolts at the water
pump and cylinder front cover. Re-
move bracket.
On Thermactor engines, remove the
air pump and brackets.
5. On a vehicle with power steer-
ing and/or air conditioning, loosen
the drive belt tension and remove the
belt(s).
6. Remove the fan, spacer, pulley
and drive belt.
7. Remove the crankshaft pulley
from the crankshaft vibration damp-
er. Remove the damper retaining
screw and washer. Install the puller
on the crankshaft vibration damper
(Gig. 33) and remove the vibration
damper.
TIMING MARKS
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A2731 - A
FIG.
34-Aligning Timing Marks
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FIG.
33-Crankshaft Vibration
D a m p e r Removal
8. Disconnect the fuel pump out-
let line a t the fuel pump. Remove
the fuel pump retaining bolts and lay
the pump to one side with the flex-
ible fuel line still attached.
9. Remove the oil level dipstick.
10. Remove the oil pan to cyl-
inder front cover retaining bolts. Re-
move the cylinder front cover and
water pump as an assembly.
If a new cylinder front cover is
to be installed, remove the water
pump and dipstick tube from the
old cylinder front cover and install
them on the new cover.
11. Discard the cylinder front
cover gasket. Remove the crankshaft
front oil slinger.
12. Check the timing chain de-
flection (refer to Part 8-1, Section 2).
13. Crank the engine until the
timing marks on the sprockets are
positioned as shown in Fig. 34.
14. Remove the camshaft sprock-
et cap screw, washers and fuel pump
eccentric. Slide both s ~ r o c k e t s and
FIG.
35-Timing C h a i n Removal o r
Installation
FRONT OIL SEAL
REPLACEMENT
It is good practice to replace the
oil seal each time the cylinder front
then install the seal in the cover
(Fig. 36). Drive the seal in until it is
fully seated ;n the recess. Check the
seal after installation to be sure the
spring is properly positioned in the
seal.
FIG.
36-Crankshaft Front
Oil Seal
Replacement
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INSTALLATION
1. Position the sprockets and tim-
ing chain on the camshaft (Fig. 35).
Be sure the timing marks on the
sprockets are positioned as shown in
Fig. 34.
2. Install the fuel pump eccentric,
washers and camshaft sprocket cap
screw. Torque the sprocket cap screw
to specifications. Install the crank-
shaft front oil slinger (Fig. 37).
the timing chain forward, and re- cover is removed.
move them as an assembly (Fig. 35).
1. Drive out the old seal with a
15. Remove the oil pan and oil
pin punch. Clean out the recess in
pump pickup tube by following the
the cover.
FIG.
37-Fuel
Pump Eccentric a n d
procedure under Oil Pan Removal.
2. Coat a new seal with grease;
Front
Oil
Slinger Installed