Jeff,
Yes it can, I have done this a few times with no problems.
Regards,
Peter.
>Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 20:09:11 -0500 (EST)
>To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net
>From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>Subject: Desperate!: PART II
>Reply-To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>
>I was able to break the pulley loose, but now it runs into the
cross-member
>before comes off the crank. Am I supposed to jack the engine up high
enough
>for the pulley to clear the cross member? That would be several inches,
>which seems like a lot given that the engine is still connected to the
>tranny! Can the engine be jacked up that much without disconnecting the
>tranny or the rear mounts?
>
>In desperation,
>
>Jeff
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>
>Original message:
>
>I'm in the midst of replacing the front crank seal on my 1275. I have
>gotten the radiator out, jacked up the engine a couple of inches, and
>gotten the big bolt out of the pulley/crank. Now, I can't get the
pulley
>off! Gear pullers won't fit because the cross-member is in the way. Can
I
>just pry the heck out of the back of the pulley and the face of the
timing
>chain cover, or will this damage the t/cover?
>
>TIA,
>
>Jeff
>
>Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65 Austin-Healey Sprite
>http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
>
>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
>http://www.emory.edu/molvis
>"Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
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