[V8] V8 - back on the road, almost.

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Oh, boy. Not fun. Best of luck, Jason -- you will know your car like no one
else -- it's the V8 bonding thing.

Ingo
On Jan 10, 2011 10:04 AM, "Jason Wilkerson" <wilke_jb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
> A few months ago I posted about taking my car off the road to do all the
seals, TB, hydraulic, suspension, exhaust, Paint, headliner, etc. I am in
the process of 'buttoning it up' and I came across a slight problem.
>
> About a month ago I used a pry bar to hold the ring gear so that I could
remove the crank bolt. This method has worked in the past flawlessly for
countless cars including this one. It would have worked in this instance
too, except for the fact that when I started to lower the car off of the
jack, I forgot to remove the prybar! I about had a heart attack, raised the
car, removed prybar, turned engine full 360deg to inspect ring gear teeth to
make sure no damage was done. I found none so I continued on my way with the
rest of the project.
>
> I completly forgot about the above incident until I went to start the car
to no avail. At first I thought I had timed the engine wrong, or the fuel
pump siezed from sitting for 3 months. I then remembered this little
'incident' and proceeded to tell myself that there was no way that when I
dropped the car on the prybar that it could have been in the 1deg window it
would have had to break the reference pin. I proceeded to spin the engine 1
full revolution, and guess what - I found no reference pin!
>
> My first thought of course is - great, now the tranny has to come out! My
second thought is - how can I get around this? I quickly remember that the
starter is in line with this pin - so out comes the starter. Sure enough the
pin was sheared off at the surface. Luckily I had a replacement ring gear
and pin. I remove the pin from the ring gear on both and proceed to install
the replacement in the car.
>
> I am currently about half way in with a small air chisel (don't ask -
think of a space the size of the starter, with two hands, a light, a hammer
and a chisel - at 10deg F) I got tired at about 12:30 last night so I will
resume tonight. Just wanted to share my frustration with the list, in hopes
that it will someday save someone else heartache. Thanks for listening if
you got this far!
>
>
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