Dear John,
I once destroyed reverse in a perfectly good transmission doing exactly what
you are
doing. I put the car in reverse and blocked the wheels to keep the engine from
turning.
I eventually got the nut off by pulling a plug, pouring a few large spoons of
oil into the
number one cylinder, putting the plug back in and bringing the piston to the
top. The
compression of the oil in the cylinder keep the piston from starting back down
the
cylinder and will lock up the crank shaft and let you back off the nut. Remove
the
distributor wire before you start. If the nut was put on with loctite, you
will have to
heat it to remove it.
Frank Drummond>
> Try heat you will need an oxy-accetelyne set , best if you can get someone
> who has experience using a welding set , heat the nut in just one spot untill
> it is red ,you should then be able to get it off .Be careful the nut is going
> to be very hot,and take all the precautions needed for an open flame around
> gasoline,fire extinguisher,escape route,insurance policy etc..
> This was the only way i could get the nut undone on my engine when i rebuilt
> it this year, one advantage i had was the engine was out the car.It will
> work but be careful.
> good luck John Cave
>
> Bernard Christian-Woodruff wrote:
>
> > Please Help!
> >
> > During my last trip over to England to the TSSC Annual meeting at
> > Stafford, my engine developed a rather worrying rattle coming from the
> > front of the engine. My guess is that the timing chain tensioner has
> > disintegrated..... So, an easy job - remove the radiator, remove fan
> > belt, remove pulley nut....STOP.
> >
> > How on earth do you remove a nut of that size attached to something that
> > moves? I contacted John Kipping and bought a new pulley nut and using
> > that I bought a large socket. But alas, the nut on my car is ~46mm where
> > as my new nut and socket is ~44mm.
> >
> > So, I hit it with a chisel, I pulled it with an oil fitler remover (chain
> > variety), I have slapped it, swore at it, and just sat and watched it
> > using the power of the mind to get it to move. But it remains put and my
> > car sits in the garage during the best weather in the WHOLE year.
> >
> > In fact when putting a lot of force on it, the engine would rather turn
> > and the car starts to reverse into the garage in spite of the fact that
> > the handbrake is on.....
> >
> > AARRRGGGHHHHH!
> >
> > Can anyone suggest anything????
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Bernard Christian-Woodruff
> > '69 MkIII US Spec
>
>
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