UPDATE
We have begun work on the car. We had to remove the hood to be able to reach all of the engine components. The hood was put on with four bolts, two on each side. we removed a bolt from each side. After we removed the first set, we braced the hood and removed the remianing bolts. We accedently droped the hood on the fender and scaped a little paint off, but that can be fixed latter. After we carfully placed the the hood in a safe location, we removed the battery and drained the oil. Be careful when removing the battery, even if the vehicle has been sitting for a long time, the battery might still have a slight charge. Drain the oil by placing a oil draining container under the engine's oil pan and removing the drain plug.. Next, we removed the valve covers. The valve covers are at the top of the engine, one cover one either side. They are usually long and sound hollow if gently tapped. The valve covers on this vehicle were very loose and the chrysler orange paint was badly worn. After removing the covers and placing then carefully in the trunk of the vehicle, We then removed the rocker arms. The rocker arms are directly beneath the valve covers and consist of one long rod with eight "arms" on the rod. After that, we did alittle clean up by removing what was left of the thirty-six year old windsheild wiper fluid contaner. It was severly damaged and can not be reused. It was easily removed by taking out a few screws and removing the hoses.
The next day, we removed the intake manifold. The intake manifold is a large, heavy part located between the two valve covers. Several hoses to and from the radiator must be cut, so we had to drain the antifreeze from the radiator. We left the carborator attached to the intake manifold. The carborator is located directly atop the intake manifold and directly below the air cleaner. After removing the intake manifold, we removed the headers and valve risers. The headers are directly below the valve covers, and are extremely heavy. The valve riser are long, thin rods under the headers. Simply put the risers out, but be careful to note which hole each came out of, and don't mix them up. At this point we could see the "oil valley" and the top of the CAM shaft. At this point we took off the fuel pump on the side of the engine block and the water pump and housing from the front of the enigine. Several pulleys had to be removed to do this.
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