How To Rebuild Your Small-Block Ford

Fan 14, 15, 149 Fan shroud 15, 151 Filler tube

transmission 18, 149-150 Firing order 10, 117, 146 Flexplate 3 9 , 4 0 , 137, 138 Flywheel 39, 137

Freeze plugs install 90, 96 remove 4 1 , 7 7

Front cover install 108-111 remove 4 2 , 4 4

Fuel filter 144 Fuel mixture 5

Fuel pump 18, 138, 139 Fuel-pump cam 44, 108-109

Gasket adhesive 93, 118, 119 Gauge

runout 86 small-hole 82 vacuum 6

Generator install 148

remove 18, 21 Glaze breaking 55-56

Go-No-Go feeler gauge 117, 153 Graph

cylinder wear vs. operating temperature 53

taper vs. ring-end gap 54 Ground strap 18, 149

Harmonic balancer,

see Crankshaft damper Head gasket 114-115

blown 4 , 8 composition-type 79 shim-type 79

Heater hose 148-149 Hood 1 2 , 1 5 2

Hot-lash adjustment 153-154 Hot tank 5 0 , 5 1 , 5 8 Hydraulic lifter

adjusting 116-118

inspection and cleaning 64-66

Identification decal 25

tag 2 4 , 2 5 , 3 9

Ignition

solid state 6 Ignition coil 144, 145 Intake manifold

baffle 9 1-92 cleaning 9 1-92 install 118-119 remove 40

Jack 19-20, 139

Knocking, see Detonation

Leak-down tester 7-8 Lifter bore, checking 56 Lifter

install 115 remove 48-49 wear 49

also see types of

Magilaflux@ 58 Main-bearing cap

installation 102-10 3 removal 46

Mechanical lifters

adjusting 116-117, 153-154 Molybdenum-disulfide 9 8

Noises, internal engine 4 , 5

Oil consumption 3 Oil-cooler lines 142 Oil filter 142 Oil-filter adapter

install 96-97 remove 50

Oil-gallery plugs install 96 remove 49-50

Oil pan

install 111-113 remove 4 2 , 4 3 Oil pressure sender install 138, 139

remove 18-19

Oil pump assembly 73-74

inspection 73-74 install 111-112 remove 4 2 , 4 4

Oil-pump shaft 110-111, 127 Oilite 62

Part numbers 2 6 , 2 8 PCV system 143, 144 PCV valve 3 Performance 3

Pilot bearing 62 Pinging, see Detonation Piston 30-32

con~pressionheight 30 cleaning 67-68

dish 3 1 dome 31 inspect 65-68 h u r l i n g 55

nomenclature 65 skirt 5

Piston and connecting rod assembly 70-71 installation 106-107 remove 45-46

Piston ring compressor 94 expander 105, 106 filing 104

gap 104

install 105-106 pip mark 105, 106 twist 105

Piston rings 3, 5 , 7 chrome 56-57 moly 54, 56-57

plain cast iron 56-57 Piston slap 5 Piston-to-bore clearance 55 PlastigageR 94, 100-101 Power-steering pump

install 148 remove 16 Preignition 4

Pressure plate, see Clutch Puller 62

Pushrod 33-34, 115, 116 guide plate 33

length 34-35 PVS valve 120, 121

Radiator 14-15, 151

Release bearing 137

Ridge 45

Ridge Reamer 45 Ring Expander 6 5 , 6 6 Rocker arm 32-33

clips 153 design 32-33 install 115-116 nut 75-76

pivot 32-33,75, 76 pushrod guided 32-33 rail-type 33-34 remove 4 1 , 4 2

Rocker-arm rails

rail-to-retainer clearance 75-76 Rocker-arm studs

oversize 80-81 positive stop 3 5 screw-in 3 5 , 7 6 , 80-81

Rust proofing 5 8 , 6 2

Sealer 9 3

Shop manuals 157 Slide hammer 62 Small-hole gauge 81-82 Spark plugs 5-6, 138

gap 146, 148 Spray-jet tank 50, 51, 58

Starter motor 21, 140-141 Swept volume 32

Tables

camshaft bearing journal diameter 64 camshaft lobe lift 9

crankshaft casting numbers 28 cylinder-block casting numbers 28 cylinder-head casting numbers 28 cylinder head changes 36-37

deck height & bottom-end compression components 3 1

engine identification code 24 head-bolt torque specifications 115 intake manifold torque specifications

119

intake manifold vs. cylinder head milling requirements 78

pushrod lengths 35 taper vs. ring end gap 54

timing chain and sprocket applications 72

valve adjusting sequence 117 valve spring specifications 89 vehicle identification codes 26

Tachometer 6 Taper plug 81

Tappet, see Lifter TDC

checking for 8, 144, 145 Test

compression 7 leak-down 7-8 power balance 6-7 vacuum 5-6

Timing chain 70-73 Timing chain and sprocket

install 108-109 remove 43-44 roller type 7 1 , 7 3 wear 44

Timing-chain cover, see Front Cover Timing gear, see Timing Sprocket Timing light 5

Timing sprocket 44-45,70-73 Thermactor, see Air pump 34 Thermostat 120, 121 Thermostat bypass hose 147-148 Throttle linkage

remove 15 Throttle plate 7

Throwout bearing, see Release bearing Thrust plate, see Camshaft thrust plate

71-72

Torque converter 2 1 , 2 3 , 134-135 Torque wrench 94

Transmission filler tube 149

front seal 134-136 Tube-nut wrench 14 Tuneup 4,155-157

Vacuum hoses 149 Valve

adjust 116,117, 153-154 burned 4 , 8

grinding 8 5 inspection 83-85 install 9 1

lapping in 86-87 . margin 85 reconditioning 8 5 , 8 6 , 8 7

Valve cover 4 1, 119 Valve guide 3 , 81-83

clearance 8 2 inspect 8 1-82 knurling 8 2

Valve-guide insert bronze 83 cast iron 8 3

screw-in 8 2 , 8 3

thin-wall bronze 82,83-84 Valve lifter, see Lifter

Valve lash 5, 116, 117, 153-154 Valve lift, checking 8-10

Valve seat angle 85

grinding 85-87 runout 86

Valve spring compressor 76-77,91 free height 8 7 , 8 9 , 9 1 inpsection 87-89

installed height 87-88, 8 9 , 91 keepers, 7 6 , 9 1

load 87-89 open height 8 8 rate 87

retainer 37, 7 6 , 9 1 shim 88-91

solid height 8 8 , 8 9 squareness 87

Valve stem caps 33,76-77

Water pump remove 3 9 , 4 0 install 112 pulley 149

Windage tray 107, 108 Wrist pin 5 , 6 7 , 70 Wires

ignition 6 , 7

Wiring harness 144, 145