Preliminary Work
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- Remove belt tensioner. → 137319 REMOVING AND INSTALLING BELT TENSIONER
Arrow - Cheese head bolts on belt tensioner
- Release the engine wire harness around the cylinder head. → 975219 REMOVING AND INSTALLING WIRE HARNESS FOR ENGINE
- Remove bar ignition modules. → 282020 REMOVING AND INSTALLING BAR IGNITION MODULES
- Remove intake-air distributor. → 244619 REMOVING AND INSTALLING INTAKE-AIR DISTRIBUTOR
- Remove cylinder head cover (valve cover). → WM 158219 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CYLINDER HEAD COVER (VALVE COVER)
- Remove upper timing-case cover. → WM 153319 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CHAIN HOUSING COVER
- Position cylinder 1 to compression TDC. → WM 150502 CHECKING THE TIMING
- Remove timing chain from the camshaft controllers and set it aside. To do this, remove both camshaft controllers. → 158419 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CAMSHAFT CONTROLLER