Install Cover (Timing Gear Case) - Hudson Eight 1930 Service & Operating Manual

Drain radiator. Remove engine hood. Loosen upper and lower radiator hose clamps. Remove nuts
from bolts holding radiator to frame cross member. Disconnect head lamp wires from lamps and
terminal block. Unscrew radiator tie rods from radiator shell. Disconnect shutter control wire. Lift off
radiator assembly. Remove small splash guard at front of engine. Remove fan and fan belt. Remove
starting crank jaw and pull vibration dampener from crankshaft. Remove cap screws holding timing
chain cover and remove cover and gasket. Install new gasket and felt washer on new timing chain cover
and replace on engine. REPLACE cap screws holding cover to engine. Replace vibration dampener
and starting crank jaw. Replace fan and fan belt. Replace small splash guard at front of engine. Replace
radiator and screw radiator tie rods into radiator shell. Connect head lamp wires and shutter control
wire. Replace engine hood. Line radiator shell to engine hood and replace nuts on bolts holding
radiator to frame cross member. Tighten hose clamps. Fill radiator.
Remarks:

INSTALL COVER (TIMING GEAR CASE)

INSTALL COVER (TIMING GEAR CASE)
ADJUSTMENTS
Fan belt: Adjustment is correct when middle
point of upper span can be deflected, by finger
pressure, 5/8" below a straight edge laid across
fan and pump pulleys.
Chain:. Lower span, between crankshaft and
eccentric sprockets, should have 7/16" to 3/4"
total up and down movement, or slack.
Suggestions: Shellac new gasket to timing case cover before replacing cover. Inspect chain and sprockets.
Tighten cover cap screws carefully, each a little at a time.
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PROCEDURE OF OPERATION
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SPECIAL TOOLS
HE-327 Vibration dampener puller
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