6 Unbolt and remove the camshaft timing belt

cover backing plate.

7 Unbolt and remove the camshaft carrier

cover.

8 Unbolt the camshaft carrier and lift it off

very slowly, at the same time pushing the cam

followers and their shims down with the

fingers securely onto their respective valve

springs. It is easy to remove the camshaft

carrier too quickly with some of the cam

followers stuck in it and as the carrier is lifted

away, the cam followers will fall out. If this

happens, the valve clearances will be upset as

the cam followers and shims cannot be

returned, with any certainty, to their original

positions. Keep the cam followers and shims

in their originally fitted order.

9 Unscrew and remove the cylinder head

bolts and nuts, grip the manifold, rock the

head and remove the complete cylinder

head/manifold/carburettor assembly. Remove

and discard the cylinder head gasket.

10 Unbolt the coolant pump from the side of

the cylinder block and remove it complete

with coolant distribution pipe. Remove the

crankcase breather.

11 Remove the distributor/oil pump

driveshaft. This is simply carried out by

inserting a finger into the hole vacated by the

distributor and wedging it in the hole in the

end of the driveshaft. Lift the shaft out of

mesh with the auxiliary shaft. Where the

distributor is driven by the camshaft, a cover

plate retains the oil pump driveshaft in

position.

12 Unbolt and remove the sprocket from the

end of the auxiliary shaft. The sprocket is held

to the shaft with a Woodruff key.

13 Unbolt the auxiliary shaft retainer and

withdraw the shaft from the crankcase.

14 Unscrew and remove the crankshaft

pulley nut. This is very tight and the flywheel

starter ring gear will have to be jammed with a

cold chisel or a suitably bent piece of steel to

prevent the crankshaft rotating.

15 Withdraw the crankshaft sprocket, which

is located by the Woodruff key.

16 Unbolt the front engine mounting bracket

from the cylinder block, together with the

timing belt cover screw anchor bush. Unbolt

and remove the timing belt tensioner pulley.

17 Unscrew the flywheel securing bolts