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RE: Getting 'the bolt' off a loose engine

To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: RE: Getting 'the bolt' off a loose engine
From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 18:13:32 GMT
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

In message <933713F1FB7BD111AC2300A0C98F1AD101A07B6B@milxpr06.kla-tencor.com> "Buchholz, Steven" writes:

> ... use one of those flywheel locks that engage the starter gear teeth?  The
> engine is out of the car and without transmission I would assume ...

I've got no problem locking the crank to the block.  The problem is that
at 350+ lb ft the _ENTIRE_ assembly (including the block) rotates.

It's a question of holding down a block.

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