How To Rebuild Your Ford V-8 351C-351M-400-429-460.pdf - Index of

Installing top A/C compressor bracket and
adjustable idler pulley. Use UBS-style
bolts of the correct length and don't miss
one hidden behind bracket.
Working the power-steering-fluid cooler
into place between the A/C compressor
and the rigid suction line. It's not easy and
is worth a few scraped knuckles, but it
beats disconnecting an A/C line and losing
the refrigerant.
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An important little item, the spark-plugwire
clip. This keeps the wires right where
you want them, off the engine and neatly
routed.
Because two cylinders fire one right
after the other in the left cylinder bank,
the ignition wires are not installed in order
in the clip. Order for the 351 C and 351M/
400 engines is 7-5-6-8 and for the 4291
460 the order is 5-7-6-8. This prevents a
possible misfire as a result of induced current
in wire number 8 in the 351C and
351Ml400 and number 5 in the 4291460.
An induced current occurs when two wires
are close and run parallel for some distance.
Current flowing in one of the wires
automatically induces current to flow in
the other wire, enough to cause a weak
spark and a misfire.
Spark-plug wires have different lengths.
Consequently, the easiest way to install
new wires, if you're doing so, is to install
the old distributor cap and wires loosely.
Now, all you have to do is replace each
wire one-at-a-time by comparing the
lengths and duplicating the routings. How-
Route spark-plug wires according to your engine's firing order beginning with the numberever,
if you've discarded your wires) 1 plug: 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8 for 429/460s and 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 for the 351C and 351M/
you'll have to do a trial routing. Install 400. Note number-5 and -6 leads (arrows) are separated on this 351 C as they should also
the wires loosely at the distributor cap. be on a 351 M/400. This prevents induction misfiring of number-5 plug. For the 429/460,
They are difficult to remove if they are Separate number-7 and -8 leads in similar manner.
fully installed. After you are satisfied
with the routing, push down on the
molded cap at wire end to seat the termi- the old hoses to determine the length of complexity of this depends on the type
nal in its socket. It's not easy because, as the new ones. The heater-inlet hose is and number of accessories and the emisthe
cap goes on, air has to be forced out. routed from the intake manifold on the sions devices used. Here's where your
At the spark-plug end, push until you feel 4291460, or the block on other engines, labeling of the hoses and photos you may
the connector click into pltice, then give to the bottom heater-core tube. This have taken wdl be invaluable. Before you
it a little tug to see if it's on all the way. means the heater-outlet hose is routed begin installing the hoses, check them for
Pull on the molded sleeve, not on the from the top heater-core tube to the signs of cracking. If some have begun to
wire. Don't forget the coil lead. It's easy water-pump inlet. Route the heater-outlet crack, replace all of them. A cracked
to install once the plug wires are in place. hose through the automatic-choke clip on vacuum hose can be very hard to find and
Heater Hoses-Install new heater hoses as models that have one. it really complicates getting your engine
you would a radiator hose. If they are Miscellaneous Hoses-The last major job running right.
over two-years old, replace them and use is to route the vacuum hoses. Again, the Depending on your particular vehicle,