TM 55-1905-221-14-2
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CYLINDER HEAD (Continued).
LOCATION/ITEM
ACTION
REMARKS
CLEANING (Cont)
After the cylinder head has been
Remove injector
stripped of all its component
tubes if
parts and all the plugs have
necessary.
been removed, steam clean the
head thoroughly. If the water
passages have been heavily scaled
remove the copper injector tubes
(25), washers (26), and water
nozzles (27 and 28), and clean
the cylinder head as follows:
a.
Scrape all gasket material
from the cylinder head.
b.
Remove grease by agitating
the cylinder head in a hot
bath of heavy-duty alkaline
solution.
c.
Wash the block in hot water
or steam clean it to remove
the alkaline solution.
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