Reassembly

Reassembly

1. Clean camshaft bearings in block.
2. Clean camshaft.
3. Wipe camshaft bearing faces and lobes.
4. Clean thrust plate and mating face.
5. Lubricate camshaft bearings with clean engine oil.
6. Fit camshaft, take care not to damage camshaft bearings.
7. Lubricate thrust plate and mating face with clean engine oil.
8. Position thrust plate, fit and tighten bolts to 22 Nm (17 lbf.ft).
9. Fit timing chain and gears. ENGINE - V8, OVERHAUL, Timing chain and gears.
10. Immerse tappets in engine oil. Before fitting, pump the inner sleeve of tappet several times using a push rod to prime the tappets.
11. Clean tappet bores.
12. Lubricate tappets and tappet bores with clean engine oil.
13. Fit tappets.
14. Clean push rods.
15. Lubricate tappet end of push rods with clean engine oil.
16. Fit push rods.
17. Clean bases of rocker pillars and mating faces.
18. Clean contact surfaces on rockers and valves.
19. Lubricate contact surfaces on rockers and valves with clean engine oil.
20. Fit rocker shafts and engage push rods. Ensure rockers shafts are fitted to the correct cylinder head.
21. Fit and progressively tighten rocker shaft bolts to 40 Nm (30 lbf.ft).
22. Fit inlet manifold gasket. ENGINE - V8, OVERHAUL, Gasket - inlet manifold.