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PART 1-2 -THUNDERBIRD 352 SPECIAL V-8 1-43<br />

retaining bolts and tab washers.<br />

Tighten the retaining bolts to 23-28<br />

foot-pounds torque, working from<br />

the center to the ends. Lock the<br />

bolts by bending<br />

one tab of the<br />

washer over a flat on the bolt.<br />

8. Install the spark plugs.<br />

9. Position the baffle plate in the<br />

valve push rod chamber. Press it into<br />

place with the hands (Fig. 53).<br />

VALVE<br />

LIFTERS<br />

Coat the outside of each valve<br />

lifter with engine oil to provide<br />

initial lubrication. Do not fill the<br />

lifters with oil. The lifters will fill<br />

much faster after the engine is<br />

started, if they are free of any oil<br />

film which may cause an oil seal<br />

between the plunger and the lifter<br />

body. Place each lifter in the bore<br />

from which it was removed.<br />

INTAKE MANIFOLD AND<br />

DISTRIBUTOR<br />

The intake manifold assembly is<br />

shown in Fig. 54.<br />

1. Clean the mating surfaces of<br />

the intake manifold, cylinder heads,<br />

and cylinder block.<br />

2. Coat the intake manifold and<br />

cylinder block cork seal surfaces with<br />

oil resistant sealer.<br />

3. Position new seals on the cyl<br />

inder block and new gaskets on the<br />

cylinder heads with the gasket rest<br />

ing on the cylinder head gasket tabs.<br />

Be sure the holes in the gaskets are<br />

aligned with the holes in the cylin<br />

der heads. The correct installation<br />

of the gaskets and seals are shown<br />

in Fig. 55.<br />

4. Install the eye bolts in the in<br />

take manifold and attach the engine<br />

lifting sling and carefully lower the<br />

intake manifold on the engine (Fig.<br />

15).<br />

5. Position the intake manifold<br />

by inserting the distributor in place.<br />

After the intake manifold is in<br />

place,<br />

run a finger around the cork<br />

seal area to make sure the seals are<br />

THERMOSTAT<br />

^>A<br />

WATER<br />

TEMPERATURE<br />

SENDING<br />

UNIT<br />

VACUUM PUMP<br />

CONNECTION<br />

INTAKE MANIFOLD<br />

in place. If the seals are not in place,<br />

remove the intake manifold and re<br />

position the seals.<br />

6. Start the water pump by-pass<br />

hose on the intake manifold.<br />

7. Be sure the holes in the mani<br />

fold gaskets and manifold are in<br />

alignment. Install the manifold re<br />

taining<br />

bolts and tighten them to<br />

specifications, working from the<br />

center to the ends.<br />

8. Remove the distributor and<br />

the engine lifting sling and eye bolts.<br />

Install the radiator supply tank.<br />

9. Install the valve push rods in<br />

their proper sequence, making sure<br />

the lower ends of the rods are posi-<br />

CRANKCASE<br />

BREATHER CAP<br />

OIL FILLER TUBE<br />

MANIFOLD-TO-BLOCK FRONT SEAL<br />

MANIFOLD-TO-HEAD<br />

GASKET<br />

CRANKCASE<br />

VENTILATION TUBE<br />

MANIFOLD-TO-HEAD<br />

GASKET<br />

MANIFOLD-TO-BLOCK<br />

REAR SEAL<br />

1519-C<br />

FIG. 54 Intake Manifold Assembly<br />

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET TABS<br />

INTAKE MANIFOLD LOCATING DOWEL<br />

POSITION NOTCH OVER<br />

RIDGE ON SEAL<br />

MANIFOLD<br />

GASKET TABS 1520-C<br />

FIG. 53 Baffle Plate Installation<br />

FIG. 55 Intake Manifold Gaskets and Seal;<br />

Installation

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