Erik Bjorkner wrote:
> HELP!!!
>
> I am trying to remove the front nut that holds the pulley on at the front of
>the engine.
>
> The engine is a 76 SPIT 1500.
>
> I currently have it on a stand so there is no flywheel. I have tried to hold
>the pulley with a pipe wrench and loosen the 1-7/8" nut with a breaker bar....
>Couldn't hold the pipe wrench on... I then attached the engine hoist chain on
>the crank via the flywheel bolts and I broke the chain.
>
> It looks as if the engine rotates clock-wise as looking at it from the front.
> I am wondering... is this nut a left hand nut? I was assuming it was a right
>hand but am not sure!?!
Try removing the sump and wedge a decent sized lump of wood between the crank
and the engine block, that should stop the crank from turning. Last time I had
this problem the engine was still in the car, so this is what I
did..............Get a BIG spair of stilson's(I think you lot call 'em a
Monkey wrench), grip the pulley nut with them and have the handle slightly
above the chassis rail, then, now comes the dodgey part, hit the starter, made
one hell of a clatter but it broke the bas*ard thing free!!! :-) I did it like
this, as even with the car in gear and the brakes on and
wheels chocked, the damn thing STILL managed to move when I turned the
stilsons!!! :-)
Rich
|