REMOVAL
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate negative battery cable.
2. Install engine support fixture.
3. Raise and support vehicle.
4. Remove front wheel assemblies.
5. Remove skid plate (if equipped). (Refer to 13 - FRAME & BUMPERS/FRAME/FRONT SKID PLATE - REMOVAL)
6. Drain engine oil.
7. Mark adjustment cam position of front lower control arm bolts.
8. Remove front lower control arm bolts. (Refer to 2 - SUSPENSION/FRONT/LOWER CONTROL ARM - REMOVAL)
9. Disconnect LH tie rod. (Refer to 19 - STEERING/LINKAGE/TIE ROD END - REMOVAL)
10. Disconnect LH lower ball joint (Refer to 2 - SUSPENSION/FRONT/LOWER BALL JOINT - REMOVAL)
11. Disconnect LH strut clevis (Refer to 2 - SUSPENSION/FRONT/CLEVIS BRACKET - REMOVAL)
12. Remove LH front axle (Refer to 3 - DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVELINE/HALF SHAFT - REMOVAL)
13. Remove front axle brace bolts.
14. Remove front prop shaft. (Refer to 3 - DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVELINE/PROPELLER SHAFT/PROPELLER SHAFT - REMOVAL)
15. Drain front axle.
16. Using a transmission jack, support front axle.
17. Remove axle bracket bolts. (Refer to 3 - DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVELINE/FRONT AXLE - REMOVAL)
18. With RH axle still in place, remove front differential.
19. Remove transmission oil cooler line bracket.
20. Remove engine to transmission stiffening bracket.
21. Position Special Tool 8534 on fender lip and align the slots in the brackets with the fender mounting holes.
22. Secure brackets to the fender using four M6 X 1.0 X 25 MM flanged cap screws.
23. Tighten the thumbscrews to secure the sleeves to the support tube.
24. Secure the support tube in an upright position.
25. Assemble the flat washer, thrust bearing, hook and T handle.
26. Using the M10 X 1.75 mm flanged nut supplied with the support fixture, secure the chain to the front engine lifting stud.
27. Loosen engine mounts.
28. Remove oil pan bolts.
29. Seperate oil pan (1) from engine.
30. Move oil pan to one side, remove oils sump bolt and windage tray bolts,
NOTE: Do not pry on oil pan or oil pan gasket. Gasket is integral to engine windage tray and does not come out with oil pan.
31. Move the oil pan and windage tray (2) toward front of vehicle and remove from vehicle.
REMOVAL - 4x4
1. Disconnect Battery.
2. Install Engine Support Fixture, special Tool 8534.
3. Raise and support vehicle.
4. Remove front wheel and tire assemblies.
5. Remove skid plate (if equipped).
6. Drain engine oil.
7. Remove engine to transmission structural cover, (if equipped).
8. Remove transmission oil cooler line bracket.
9. Remove the front axle assembly from the vehicle (Refer to 3 - DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVELINE/FRONT AXLE - REMOVAL).
10. Loosen both engine mount through bolts.
11. Lower the vehicle.
NOTE: It is not necessary to remove the viscous fan , or fan shroud, for oil pan removal.
12. Raise the engine using Engine Support Fixture, special Tool 8534, until the viscous fan almost touches the fan shroud.
13. Raise the vehicle.
14. Remove the oil pan bolts.
15. Separate the oil pan from the engine.
16. Remove the (2) nuts and (1) bolt holding the oil pump pick-up tube, and windage tray in place.
NOTE: It will be necessary to move the oil pan from side to side to gain access to these fasteners.
17. Drop the oil pump pick-up tube into the oil pan, and remove the oil pan, pick-up tube, and the windage tray, as an assembly, from the front of the vehicle.