RH

Removal
1. Disconnect the battery negative cable.
2. Drain the engine cooling system.
3. Remove the RH exhaust manifold.
4. Remove the lower intake manifold.
5. Remove the push rods.
6. Raise the accessory drive belt.
7. Recover the air conditioning refrigerant.
8. Disconnect the A/C manifold and tube assembly.





9. Disconnect the A/C compressor clutch.





10. Remove the A/C compressor bracket.





11. Remove the three exhaust manifold studs.

12. Note: Discard the cylinder head gasket.

Note: Record the location of the long bolts and the short bolts.





Remove the cylinder head.
- Remove and discard the bolts.

Installation
1. Clean and inspect a new cylinder head for flatness.





2. Install a new head gasket on the cylinder block with the small hole to the front of the engine and position the cylinder head.

3. Caution: Always use new bolts.

Note: Lubricate the bolts with Super Premium SAE 5W30 Motor Oil XO-5W30-QSP or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSS-M2C153-G.





Install new bolts. Refer to the location note made during removal and make sure the bolts are installed the the correct location.
1 Install the new long bolts.
2 Install the new short bolts.





4. Tighten the bolts in the sequence shown in three stages.
- Stage 1: Tighten to 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs.).
- Stage 2: Tighten to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
- Stage 3: Tighten to 50 Nm (37 ft. lbs.).

5. Caution: Do not loosen all of the bolts at one time. Each bolt must be loosened and final-tightened prior to working on the next bolt in the sequence.

Note: The short bolts numbered 2, 4, 6 and 8 and the long bolts numbered 1, 3, 5 and 7.





Loosen, then tighten the bolts in the sequence shown:
- Tighten short bolts to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.), then tighten an additional 180 degrees.
- Tighten long bolts to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.), then tighten an additional 180 degrees.





6. Install the three studs.





7. Install the bracket and bolts.





8. Connect the A/C compressor clutch.
9. Connect the A/C manifold and tube assembly.
10. Install the accessory drive belt.
11. Install the push rods.
12. Install the lower intake manifold.
13. Install the RH exhaust manifold.

14. Caution: Proper cooling system bleeding is critical for correct engine cooling.

Fill and bleed the engine cooling system.

Note: When the battery is disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 miles) or more to relearn its strategy.

15. Connect the battery.
16. Recharge the A/C refrigerant system.