Patent ID: 8171906
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for installing a valve lifter guide in an engine block of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of: providing a valve lifter guide having a front wall, an opposed rear wall, end walls therebetween the front wall and rear wall and a bottom surface positioned at a lower edge of the front wall, rear wall and end walls, arranged to form an elongated valve lifter socket defining a longitudinal axis, the elongated socket dimensioned to receive a valve lifter therein, and a valve guide support member extending upwardly from the rear wall and a tab projecting away from the valve guide support member along an axis which is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated valve lifter socket, the tab including a first projection extending away from the tab and dimensioned to be received in an opening provided in the engine block of an internal combustion engine; providing an engine block having an opening for receiving the valve lifter guide, the engine block further having a bore positioned proximate the opening, the bore being dimensioned to receive therein the first projection of the valve lifter guide; inserting the first projection of the tab into the bore in the engine block as the valve lifter guide is received in the engine block opening so that the valve lifter guide is suspended within the engine block opening; and fixing a cylinder head to the engine block so that the tab of the valve lifter guide is captured between the cylinder head and the engine block.