Cylinder Head Assembly: Service and Repair

PROCEDURE
1. Disconnect battery ground cable, then drain cooling system and remove air cleaner.
2. Raise and support vehicle, then remove exhaust manifold shield, if equipped.
3. Disconnect exhaust pipe at exhaust manifold and heater hose at intake manifold.
4. Lower vehicle, then remove engine lift bracket and distributor.
5. Disconnect vacuum manifold from alternator bracket.
6. Disconnect and tag all vacuum lines that will interfere with cylinder head removal, then disconnect AIR pipe at exhaust check valve.
7. Disconnect accelerator linkage at carburetor, then remove accelerator linkage bracket bolt and the bracket.
8. Disconnect all electrical wires that will interfere with cylinder head removal, then remove upper radiator hose from cylinder head.
9. Remove dipstick tube bracket bolt and the hot water tube bracket.
10. Remove idler pulley assembly and AIR/power steering belt, if equipped.
11. Remove power steering pump, if equipped, and position aside.
12. Remove AIR bracket to intake manifold bolt, if equipped.
13. On power steering equipped vehicles, remove AIR pump pulley, AIR pump through bolt and power steering pump adjusting bracket.
14. Loosen AIR bracket lower bolt and rotate bracket aside, if equipped.
15. Disconnect fuel line from carburetor.
16. Remove alternator and position aside. Do not remove wires.
17. Remove alternator upper support bracket and brace.
18. Remove rocker arm cover and rocker arms, then the pushrods.
19. Remove cylinder head bolts and the cylinder head assembly.
20. Reverse procedure to install. Coat both sides of the cylinder head gasket with sealer. Install bolts finger tight, then, torque cylinder head bolts to specification in sequence.