[Healeys] turning the engine by hand

[Alan Seigrist]

Tom -

Even easier is to take out all the plugs, then put a little hand
pressure on the fan belt, then use your other hand on the fan blades
and turn it - that usually will be enough to turn a motor provided it
is broken in.

Alan


On 6/8/08, Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> An easier way to do that for the valves is to put the car in 4th gear and
> roll it by turning a front tire. I find it easier to adjust the distributor
> points on the bench, but that's just me.
>
> Bob
>
> T W wrote:
>> Thanks Don, Steve, and Greg for your advice.   I have a running engine, so
>> I
>> need just enough leverage to be able to move the points into position to
>> adjust,  ditto for the valves.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Tom
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Alan

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