The timing gears on all 1970–84 OHV Subaru engines are located at the
rear of the engine and are covered by the flywheel housing. In order to remove
the flywheel housing the engine must be removed from the vehicle. Once this
is done proceed in the following order:
| Fig. 1: Components of flywheel housing
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- Separate the engine from the transaxle. If equipped with an automatic transaxle,
remove the torque converter with the transaxle.
- If equipped with a manual transaxle, remove the clutch assembly from the
flywheel. Remove the flywheel (MT) or the converter drive plate (AT) from
the crankshaft.
- Remove the flywheel housing-to-engine bolts and work the housing from the
two aligning dowels.
- Using a putty knife, clean the gasket mounting surfaces.
To install:
- Use a new gasket (if equipped) and reverse the removal procedures. The flywheel
mounting holes are not equally spaced so that the flywheel cannot be incorrectly
installed. See Section 7 for proper clutch installation procedures. Tighten
the flywheel housing–to–engine bolts to 14–20 ft. lbs. (18–27
Nm), the flywheel–to–crankshaft (MT) bolts to 30–33 ft.
lbs. (40–44 Nm) or the drive plate–to–crankshaft (AT) bolts
to 36–39 ft. lbs. (48–52 Nm) and the transaxle–to–engine
bolts to 34–40 ft. lbs. (46–54 Nm)
