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re:Shade tree methods for removing famous crankshaft bolt

On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Steve Valin wrote:

> remove one of the spark plugs
> move the engine so that the piston in this cyl is at the bottom
> insert clean beefy cotton rope in cyl.  attempt to shove in as much as possible
> 
> as you attempt to loosen the bolt, the piston will compress the rope and 
> eventually come to a stop.  This will hold the crankshaft in place.  
> 
> I make no guarantees...
> 
> -steve

Geez, talk about a high risk approach!!!!  Sorry but IMO you must be
crazy to take this approach.

David
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