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Valve Body Assembly

INSTALL OR CONNECT
1. Lower valve body on the upper valve body together with the plate.





2. New gaskets and plate on lower valve body. Assemble the gasket having larger cooler by-pass valve hole to the lower valve body.
3. Place a new gasket and plate on the lower valve body. Place another new gasket on the plate.
4. Align each bolt hole in the valve body with the two gaskets and plate.
5. Lower valve body and gasket with plate on top of upper valve body.
6. Hold the lower valve body, gaskets, and plate securely so they do not separate.
7. Align each bolt hole in the valve bodies with the gaskets and plate.





8. Valve body bolts and finger tighten three in lower valve body to secure upper valve body. each bolt length (mm) is indicated.





9. Turn assembly over and finger tighten three bolts in upper valve body. Each bolt length (mm) is indicated.





10. Upper valve body cover new gaskets and strainer.
11. Turn assembly over and install new gasket and lower valve body cover.
12. Cover over a new gasket and finger tighten the fourteen bolts on the valve body cover.






Important
- Each bolt length (mm) is indicated.

13. Tighten upper and lower valve body bolts.
14. Recheck the alignment of the gaskets.

Tighten
- Lower valve body bolts to 5.5 N.m (49 lb. in.).

15. Turn assembly over and tighten bolts of upper valve body.

Tighten
- Upper valve body bolts to 5.5 N.m (49 lb. in.).