I bought mine at a local auto-parts place. East Tennessee is known for
its interest in muscle cars, especially out on this side of town :-) so
strange tools are easy to come by! Anyway, I believe for my '75 cars I
got a 1 7/16" but I can't remember for sure, I doubt it's the same size
nut on the 1275 engine.
With my current project, I tried EVERYthing to get the freakin' bolt
off. I had somebody stand on the block to hold it, put a steel tube on
the end of the huge 1/2" wratchet thingy, and hung from the bar. No
luck. Finally, I got a lighter (I had been trying to heat the nut to
get it off) and looked down in the recess where the crank didn't come
all the way through the nut (if that makes sense) and saw that somebody
had WELDED the nut to the crankshaft. After muttering multiple colorful
metaphors I put the engine in the car and headed over to pep boys.
Handed them my huge socket, they popped it on an air tool, and had that
nut off in two seconds. Didn't charge me either!
Good luck, Tyson, with your quest! :-) Not even Sears (king of tools)
had that socket. They just looked at me funny after I said "No..I mean
BIG sockets!" and told them what size.
adrian
Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>
> I bought mine at a used tool place for $11.95. It is a 1/2" drive.
> The best way to get the nut off is with an impact wrench if you have
> access to one.
> I had a trailer around at the time, pushed the Sprite onto it, drove to an
> LBC mechanic, backed the trailer and Ryder truck into the yard, jacked up
> the engine on top of the trailer, removed the nut, went back home. All in
> 110F heat - what a pain...
> Had I thought of dropping the pan and chocking the crank in the block, I
> might have gotten it off myself with a breaker bar.
>
> Ulix (the socket fits the steering wheel nut too...)
>
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