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To remove
Drain cooling system.
Remove air cleaner where fitted.
Disconnect header tank to radiator hose, and over
flow pipe from header tank.
Remove rocker cover.
Disconnect thermometer lead at bulb by gripping
the rubber sleeve at the end of the lead and pulling
out the snap connector from the bulb.
Disconnect sparking plug leads and remove coil.
Remove screws securing tappet side cover to
cylinder head.
Remove oil feed pipe to rocker shaft.
Disconnect heater pipe (if fitted).
Remove 8 nuts securing rocker shaft to cylinder
head.
Remove rocker gear and push rods taking care not
to lift out the tappets when lifting out the push rods.
The push rods should be placed in a suitable holder
so that they can be replaced In the same position as
found.
Disconnect fuel pipe connections and throttle
control.
Alpine
Disconnect inlet manifold and exhaust manifolds
at their cylinder head connections. Slacken off
the two exhaust manifold clips at the 'Y' connec
tion at the front end of the exhaust system.
Remove inlet manifold complete with car
burettors and pull exhaust back pipes clear of the
cylinder head.
Rapier
This cylinder head can be lifted off with manifolds
and carburettors attached after disconnecting the
exhaust pipe at its flange joint.
WSM.124
Section B (Engine)
Remove eight bolts and two nuts and washers
securing cylinder head to cylinder block and lift off
cylinder head.
Cylinder head gasket
All gaskets are stamped with the word "TOP" and
must be fitted with the word uppermost. The
gaskets are also stamped with their part number for
identification purposes.
A copper and steel, asbestos type gasket is used on
this engine.
To refit
Reverse the above procedure, ensuring that all
joint faces are clean.
Always use a new gasket. Do not displace the
tappet cover gasket when lowering the head. The
cylinder head bolts should be tightened to a torque
figure given in the Data Section under "Cylinder
Head" in the order shown in Fig.
19,
before
tightening the tappet side cover screws. Adjust
valve clearances.
The following procedure should be followed after
refitting the cylinder head and fitting a new cylinder
head gasket.
1. Run engine until it is thoroughly warmed up.
2. Allow engine to cool down and when COLD
retlghten the cylinder head.
3. Thoroughly warm up engine and reset the
valve clearances.
It is essential to adhere strictly to the torque
wrench figures quoted.
It
is most
important that the cylinder head
Is
aligned
so
as to correctly position the machined location for the
tappet
cover
In relation to the corresponding machined
face on the cylinder block, before tightening the
cylinder head bolts.
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