Joe sez:
Finally the
guy who originally started the job decided to try putting rope inside
the cylinders (through the spark plug holes). The method was to feed in
some rope, run the starter for a few revolutions to compress the rope,
and feed in more rope. Eventually this worked, but it took him a day and
a half of rope feeding.
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I thought everyone knew this hoary old trick. Btw, the secret is to use
non-compressive rope like Staset-X, not nylon, or Lucas forbid, clothesline!
On 1-5-3-6-2-4, get cylinders 5/2 at bottom dead center, feed in roughly
two fathoms of 1/2" line, and crank it over. To save wear and tear on the
starter, use a breaker bar and a six foot pipe on the damper nut.
And now you know what to do with all that old running rigging!
Aran (Thar' she blows! <Cough! Cough! Hack!>) Guy guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov
(P.S.- This technique can be hard on rod bearings and wrist pins- since
you would be going to all this trouble anyway, might as well check them.)
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