RE: Getting 'the bolt' off a loose engine

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <53654725144FD111A24100805F57DEC002FAB5CB@aeromsg2.ball.com> "Smeins, Larry" writes:

> 1) I've taken a long piece of heavy angle iron and drilled a pair of holes
> that match opposing flywheel clutch bolts.  Bolt the angle iron to the
> flywheel and use it as a lever against the floor.  Have a helper balance the
> engine on the floor and gronk away with your wrench on the damper nut.

I don't have the flywheel.

> 2) I've used an impact wrench.  The mass of the crank and flywheel will be
> adequate to keep the sharp blows of the impact wrench from spinning the
> crank.  I tend to avoid impact wrenches but this is one place where they
> have been a good tool to use.

The crank is locked by #2084.  It's the whole thing that is turning -
block and all.  And I don't have air.

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