Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual - page 1074
(1) Remove the shop towels from the cylinder
bores. Coat the bores with clean engine oil.
(2) Position the engine cylinder head gasket (with
the numbers facing up) using the alignment dowels
in the cylinder block, to position the gasket.
CAUTION: Engine cylinder head bolts should be
reused only once. Replace the head bolts if they
were used before or if they have a paint dab on the
top of the bolt.
(3) With bolt No.14 held in place (tape around
bolt), install the engine cylinder head over the same
dowels used to locate the gasket. Remove the tape
from bolt No.14.
(4) Coat the threads of stud bolt No.11 with Loc-
tite 592 sealant, or equivalent.
(5) Tighten the engine cylinder head bolts in
sequence according to the following procedure (Fig.
56).
CAUTION: During the final tightening sequence,
bolt No.11 will be tightened to a lower torque than
the rest of the bolts. DO NOT overtighten bolt
No.11.
(a) Tighten all bolts in sequence (1 through 14)
to 30 N·m (22 ft. lbs.) torque.
(b) Tighten all bolts in sequence (1 through 14)
to 61 N·m (45 ft. lbs.) torque.
(c) Check all bolts to verify they are set to 61
N·m (45 ft. lbs.) torque.
(d) Tighten bolts in sequence:
•
Bolts 1 through 10 to 149 N·m (110 ft. lbs.)
torque.
•
Bolt 11 to 135 N·m (100 ft. lbs.) torque.
•
Bolts 12 through 14 to 149 N·m (110 ft. lbs.)
torque.
(e) Check all bolts in sequence to verify the cor-
rect torque.
(f) If not already done, clean and mark each bolt
with a dab of paint after tightening. Should you
encounter bolts which were painted in an earlier
service operation, replace them.
(6) Install the spark plugs and tighten to 37 N·m
(27 ft. lbs.) torque.
(7) Connect the temperature sending unit wire
connector.
(8) Install the ignition coil rail and coil rail electri-
cal connectors.
(9) Install the intake and engine exhaust mani-
folds (refer to procedures in this section).
(10) Install the fuel line and the vacuum advance
hose.
(11) Attach the power steering pump and bracket.
(12) Install the push rods, rocker arms, pivots and
bridges in the order they were removed (refer to
Rocker Arms and Push Rods in this section).
(13) Install the engine cylinder head cover.
(14) Attach the air conditioner compressor mount-
ing bracket to the engine cylinder head and block.
Tighten the bolts to 40 N·m (30 ft. lbs.) torque.
(15) Attach the air conditioning compressor to the
bracket. Tighten the bolts to 27 N·m (20 ft. lbs.)
torque.
Fig. 55 Engine Cylinder Head Assembly
1 – CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS
2 – CYLINDER HEAD GASKET
3 – CYLINDER HEAD
CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS
POSITION
DESCRIPTION
1,4,5,12,13
1/2 in.-13 BOLT
8,9
1/2 in.-13 BOLT WITH DOWEL
POINT
2,3,6,7,10,11,14
1/2 in.-13 WITH 7/16 in.-14 STUD
END
All bolts are 12 point drives for rocker cover clearance
Fig. 56 Engine Cylinder Head Bolt Tightening
Sequence
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