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

You'll need a puller to remove the crankshaft damper. Remove the damper attaching bolt and washer, then reinstall the bolt without its
washer so the puller will have something to push against. Damper will clear bolt head as it's pulled off. 429/460 is equipped with a damper
spacer. Slide it off end of crank after damper is out of the way.
only thing you'll accomplish is ruining
the damper and damaging the front cover
or oil pan.
You'll need a puller to get your
damper off. Thread the damper mounting
bolt without its washer into the end of
the crank. This gives the puller something
to push against, and the ID (inside
diameter) of the damper will clear the
bolt head as it is being pulled off. Use a
couple of crankshaft-Pulley bolts to secure
the puller to the damper, then pull the
damper off. If you have a 4291460
engine, there will be a spacer sleeve
behind the damper. It should slide easily
off the end of the crank.
Roll the Engine Over-With the damper
off, remove the oil pan. I do this before
the front cover because of the way they
fit together. You'll need a 7116-inch
socket for all the pan bolts except those
next to the front and rear crankshaft
seals. These require a 112-inch socket.
Pop the pan loose by wedging under
its flange, taking care to do this in several
places so the flange is not severely
distorted.
Oil-Pump Assembly-Remove the oil
pump. It's susceptible to damage now
that it's exposed, particularly the pickup.
After loosening the pump, remove it and
its drive shaft which inserts into the base
of the distributor. The oil-pump drive
shaft is one item whch must be replaced.
Reused ones have been known to fail.
resulting in spun bearings and other unpleasant
things. Don't discard it, however.
Save it to compare its length and hex
size with the new one. It'll also come in
handy if you intend to rebuild your distributor.
Front Engine Cover-A major difference
between the 351 C, 351 M and 400 engines
A speec ._ .moving oilpan
bolts. Bolts adjacent to front and redr
main-bearing caps have a 1 /2-inch hex and
rest are 7/16 inch. With the bolts out,
remove oil pan as you did valve covers.
and the 429/460 engines is their front
cover, or timing-chain cover designs.
Because the 35 lC, 351 M and 400 covers
are cast integrally with the engine block,
with exception of the front of the cover,
you'll only have to remove the flat sheetmetal
plate. 4291460 front covers are
cast aluminum.
To remove either type of cover, start
with the bolts. The timing pointer will
come loose in the case of the sheet-metal
cover, but can stay with the aluminum
cover. One of the pointer's ends is attached
directly to the cover. Tap the back side of
the cover with a hammer to pop it looseuse
the butt-end of your hammer handle
for the aluminum cover. Also, watch that
the sheet-metal cover doesn't hang up on
its two locating dowel pins.
Achilles Heel-Like most engines using a
chain-driven camshaft, the chain and
drive sprockets are a weak point in the
durability department. What happens is
With oil pan c-. -. ~ay, remove oil
pump and shaft. If the drive sides of the
shaft are worn more than just shiny, replace
it. Even though you plan to trash the
shaft, save it-it may come in handy later.
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the links of the chain wear causing the
chain to elongate-erroneously referred
to as stretching. The chain doesn't
stretch. The result is the cam retards, or
is behind the crankshaft in timing, causing
a loss of low-end power. Even worse,
the chain can jump a few "cogs," preventing
the engine from running.
As for the cam sprocket, the OEMinstalled
nylon-jacketed-aluminum-type
sprockets tend to split and crack, particularly
in hot climates such as the
southwest U.S. Sometimes, the teeth will
break off. Your engine may not be
equipped with this type sprocket, it may
have a replacement cast-iron sprocket
simply because the orignal sprocket
was replaced earlier in your engine's life.
Prior to removing the chain and its
sprockets, check them for wear if they've
had less than 50,000 miles of use. The
Chain should not deflect more than 112
inch. If the chain and cam sprocket
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