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PART 1-2 -THUNDERBIRD 352 SPECIAL V-8 1-25
OPEN (HEAT OFF)
10O1-A
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FIG. 4 Exhaust Gas Control Valve
FIG. 3 Intake Manifold Exhaust Gas Passages
1724-A
Flu. 0 Valve Port Arrangement
FIG. 5-lntake Manifold Fuel Passages
sists of a serrated spring
chrome-plated steel rails.
VALVE TRAIN
and two
The intake and exhaust valve as
semblies are the rotating-type which
rotate each time the valve opens
and
closes.
The push rods are solid steel with
oil cushioned sockets. Inasmuch as
controlled by shaft end play is a high pressure above the valve disc
thrust button and spring located be
tween the camshaft sprocket bolt
and the cylinder front cover. An ec
centric, bolted to the front end of
the camshaft, operates the fuel
pump.
Hydraulic valve lifters are used
which provide zero valve lash and
minimize valve train noise. The
operation and parts identification of
the hydraulic valve lifters are shown
in Fig. 7. When the valve is closed,
the lifter assembly is on the base
circle of the camshaft lobe and the
valve push rod is in its lowest posi
tion. With the lifter assembly in this
1512-A
position, the plunger spring expands
forcing the plunger upward. This
action is transmitted to the valve
rocker arm via the valve push rod
there is no valve lash adjustment
until there is solid contact betweer
with hydraulic valve lifters, the
the valve and the valve end of the
valve rocker arms do not have ad
valve rocker arm (zero valve lash).
justing screws.
In this position, the oil hole in the
The camshaft is supported by five
lifter and plunger is indexed with
insert-type bearings pressed into the
the lifter oil gallery and oil is forced
under pressure
block. It is driven
into the
by
a sprocket and
plunger.
timing chain in mesh with a This creates a pressure differential
sprocket on the crankshaft. Cam above and below the valve disc. The