PLATE AS 2108348 - Caterpillar

1. Remove the bolts and disconnect clips (4) and (5) from the engine.2. Disconnect fuel line (2) from the fuel priming pump and move it away from the front cover.3. Remove the bolt and disconnect ground wire from alternator bracket (3).4. Remove the bolts and alternator bracket (3) from the front cover.5. Remove the bolt and adjusting bracket (1) from the front cover. 6. Install spacers (8) to each side of engine between oil pan plate and the engine block as shown.
Use care when the trunnion is removed and installed to prevent damage to the crankshaft front seal.
7. Remove bolts (7), trunnion (6) and the O-ring seal from the front cover. 8. Remove bolts (9), cover (10) and the gasket from the timing gear plate. Put marks on all the bolts and their location on timing gear cover (11) before removal. For information about bolts at locations (X), see Step 12.9. Remove bolts (11) and timing gear cover (12) from the engine.10. Clean the old gasket from the contact surfaces of the timing gear cover and timing gear plate. The following steps are for the installation of the timing gear cover.11. Install a new gasket on the timing gear plate. Cut the gasket even with the bottom face of the cylinder block. Put 5H2471 Gasket Cement on the bottom of the gasket where the gasket makes contact with the gasket for the oil pan plate.12. Put timing gear cover (12) in position on the timing gear plate and install the bolts that hold it in place. Tighten bolts (X) to a torque of 23 4 N m (17 3 lb.ft.).13. Put the O-ring seal and cover (10) in position on the timing gear plate with the bolts that hold them.14. Be sure the O-ring seal is in position on trunnion (6). Put trunnion (6) in position on the timing gear cover and install bolts (7). Tighten the bolts to a torque of 135 15 N m (100 11 lb.ft.).15. Remove spacers (8) from between the oil pan plate and the engine block.16. Install alternator bracket (3) on the timing gear cover.17. Connect the ground wire to alternator bracket (3).18. Install adjusting bracket (1) to the timing gear cover.19. Connect fuel line (2) to the fuel priming pump and clips (4) and (5) that hold the fuel line to the engine.End By:a. install engine front supportb. install fan drivec. install water pumpd. install air conditioning compressor (if applicable)e. install alternatorf. install air compressor (if applicable)