DEMO - 1959 Ford Thunderbird Shop Manual - ForelPublishing.com
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DEMO - 1959 Ford Thunderbird Shop Manual - ForelPublishing.com
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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