[Roadsters] Starting a new engine

[MH]

I once knew a guy who had a 70's vintage Travel-All van/ truck.....At one 
particular time,...exact reason unknown, but I do remember "it seemed like 
the 'right' thing to do at the time", ......He/ we, (no, it WAS he, now that 
I think on it some more,......stuck a pencil down a spark plug hole to find 
"Top Dead Center", otherwise known as TDC......Yes, that worked,......he 
found TDC,......AND....you guessed it.....broke the pencil off in the 1st 
cylinder, about 3-4" or so, ..more than enough to decide to remove the 
manifolds, head, etc., etc.,   Ha! Ha! looking back, it seems funny 
now.....oh, just remembered,.....it's was funny THEN!, (it wasn't my 
vehicle/problem, but I did keep the laugh to myself..Whoever said I don't 
have "social skills"?  :-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Cost" <andycost at embarqmail.com>
To: "datsun-roadsters" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Starting a new engine


> That's how my motor ate a bolt.  If you do this you should tape over the 
> sparkplug holes or find some other way to keep things from falling in the 
> cylinder.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> "One trick is to remove the spark plugs to reduce the loads on the 
> bearings,
> and turn the engine by hand to see if it is free. If it isn't, work it 
> around,
> possibly putting a teaspoon of oil in each cylinder.
>
> Then crank it with the starter, but still without plugs."



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