[Healeys] Can I Lock Up The Engine? (BJ8).

[Alan Seigrist]

Graham -

Put the car in 4th gear, put on the handbrake, and make sure you have chocks
on all four wheels.  You will be able to tighten it.

Just be sure to not whack the spanner with a hammer, you will want to
tighten it by hand, otherwise you may damage the gear faces.  If your
spanner is too short, you can put a cheater bar on it, but I wouldn't put
more than 2 foot of leverage on it.  With the lockwasher this nut doesn't
need to be super tight, I figure 50 ft lbs would be enough.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Graham and Lorraine Wilkie <
glwilkie at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi Listers,
>
> The large cranknut in front of the damper and pulley on my 29K series
> engine is a bit loose and requires tightening. (The lock tab on the washer
> beneath the cranknut hadn't been properly bent over the flat on the
> cranknut). With the radiator and fan removed I can get onto the cranknut
> with a 1-11/16" open ender, but the trouble is that the engine turns when I
> try to nip it up, even with the car in gear.
>
> Would somebody please tell me if there is any way I can safely lock up the
> engine, to enable me to properly tighten the cranknut?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Graham Wilkie.
> HBJ8L / 32382