American Expedition Vehicles JK HEMI Builder Kit - Installation Guide for 12+ JK Wrangler - Manual (Page 12)

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7. Change the crank pulley (torque to 129 ft/lbs), water pump (torque to 18 ft/lbs).
8. 6.4L ENGINE ONLY– Change the steel water pump hose neck.
9. 6.4L ENGINE ONLY– Remove the factory installed oil cooler and discard. Install the oil filter re-locator
(torque to 9 ft/lbs).
10. Swap out the oil pan and oil pickup assembly with the parts listed on the Bill of Materials. Make sure
to reference your factory service manual regarding the “torque to yield” main bearing cap bolt and
ALWAYS use a new bolt.
11. Install transmission to engine (make sure the intermediate plate is installed). AEV recommends using
Blue Loctite. Torque the bell housing bolts to 35 ft/lbs for the four (4) 3/8” bolts, and 50 ft/lbs for the
two (2) 7/16” bolts. Install the torque convertor bolts, using Blue Loctite and torque to 31 ft/lbs.
12. Install structural dust cover (fig 18). Torque to 40 ft/lbs.
Figure 18
13. Modify AC Compressor using the following steps.
a. Using a 7/8” countersink bit, drill out the factory hole.
b. Use a grinder to bevel the corner of the mounting point, removing the shaded portion as shown.
c. Grind the raised portion of housing flush.
d. When mounting the A/C compressor to the engine block, use the supplied flat head bolt with anti-
seize in the upper mounting hole, a factory bolt in the lower, and a factory bolt in the rear with the
supplied spacer between the compressor and engine block.