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ENGINE REMOVAL — Removal (Cont'd) Steps 29-44 / Installation Steps 1-2

EM-41prose procedure

Step "Attach engine slinger brackets to engine" appears between steps 39 and 40 in the printed prose as an unnumbered bullet — captured here as "39b" to preserve sequence. Step numbering otherwise verbatim.

Continued from EM-40

Removal (Cont'd)

Engine removal (continued steps 29-44)

  1. 29
    Remove engine harness from harness saddle on engine mounting.
  2. 30
    Disconnect two engine temperature sensors.
  3. 31
    Remove main earth lead from body.
  4. 32
    On power steering equipped models, slacken water pump drive belt. Refer to section MA. Remove alternator. Loosen and remove power steering pump fixing bolts. Tie power steering pump onto vehicle body.
    Power steering pump area on engine, with the pump being slackened/removed from its bracket. Callout: "Power steering pump".
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  5. 33
    Disconnect fuel lines.
  6. 34
    Disconnect kickdown cable (NCVT).
  7. 35
    Disconnect speedometer cable.
  8. 36
    Disconnect throttle cable.
  9. 37
    Disconnect carbon canister hoses.
  10. 38
    Disconnect brake vacuum hose from brake servo.
  11. 39
    On air conditioning equipped models, slacken alternator drive belt. Refer to section MA. Remove alternator. Loosen and remove air conditioning compressor fixing bolts. Tie air conditioning compressor onto vehicle body.
    Air-conditioning compressor mounted on engine with arrow indicating slackening of drive belt and removal of compressor for relocation. Callout: "Air conditioning compressor".
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  12. 39b
    Attach engine slinger brackets to engine. Engine slinger brackets and engine slinger bracket bolts are described in PARTS CATALOG.
    Bracket part numbers and bolts are in PARTS CATALOG, not this manual.
  13. 40
    Remove 4 centermember mounting bolts from vehicle body.
    View of centermember (subframe) with the four mounting bolts highlighted to be removed from the vehicle body.
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  14. 41
    Remove centermember from engine.
  15. 42
    Attach slingers to engine slinger brackets and use crane to release load from both top engine mountings.
    Crane/hoist with chains attached to engine slinger brackets at front and rear of the engine, lifting load. Engine being raised away from mounts.
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  16. 43
    Disconnect or remove engine mountings.
  17. 44
    Lower engine onto transmission jack or floor.

Installation

Engine installation

  1. 1
    Install top engine mounting brackets and fixing bolts. Insulator must protrude 10 mm (0.39 in) on each side of bracket.
    Ensure that insulators are positioned on brackets correctly.
    Cross-section view of engine mount insulator showing two dimensions "10 (0.39)" mm (in) on opposite sides — the required protrusion of the insulator beyond the bracket on both sides for correct seating. Unit: mm (in).
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  2. 2
    Carefully move engine onto engine mounting insulators.
Engine mounting insulator protrusion (each side)Both sides of bracket
10 (0.39)mm (in)
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See also

MA — Drive belt adjustment · PARTS CATALOG — Engine slinger brackets

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