re. Crank Bolt - A4

[santoli9 at cox.net]

Another "tried and true" method is to feed a length of rope through the #1 spark plug hole (with the piston at or near bottom dead center). then turn the engine towards top dead center. The rope will compress between the piston and head, and prevent futher rotation. After tightening (or loosening) the crank bolt simply turn the engine back toward BDC and pull out the rope. It's an old-timers trick I've used on several vehicles without any problems.
HTH
Steve

> 
> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> Date: 2003/12/03 Wed PM 02:20:57 EST
> To: "Bhatti, Mohammed" <Mohammed.Bhatti at si-intl.com>
> CC: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: re.  Crank Bolt - A4
> 
> "D" won't hold the car at all with an automatic, and using "P" simply 
> risks breaking off whatever the tranny uses to hold the car from moving.
> 
> As per other recommendations, I'd say either make or buy an appropriate 
> crank locking tool.
> 
> > Mine's an auto.  Would that make a difference or do I simply pop into D?
> 
> >> I generally block the wheels and put in gear (3'rd gear good).
> 
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