Freeing a stuck engine
(→After the engine has broken loose) |
(→Unsticking an Engine in a Manual Transmission Vehicle) |
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#Don't forget to use horizontal force on the crankshaft. Tap the crankshaft at both ends with your dead blow hammer and oak block. Loosen off the rod bearings and tap with a bronze hammer to break the shell bearings loose. | #Don't forget to use horizontal force on the crankshaft. Tap the crankshaft at both ends with your dead blow hammer and oak block. Loosen off the rod bearings and tap with a bronze hammer to break the shell bearings loose. | ||
#After you've done all of the above, let 'er soak and then start over again. She'll loosen! | #After you've done all of the above, let 'er soak and then start over again. She'll loosen! | ||
| − | ==Unsticking an | + | ==Unsticking an engine in a manual transmission vehicle== |
| − | Success can be attained in unsticking an engine in vehicles equipped with a manual transmission on a number of occasions by using the pre-soaking methods mentioned above for a long period. | + | Success can be attained in unsticking an engine in vehicles equipped with a manual transmission on a number of occasions by using the pre-soaking methods mentioned above for a long period. |
| − | Once the engine has soaked jack up one drive wheel, put the transmission in high gear and work the wheel back and forth. | + | |
| + | Once the engine has soaked jack up one drive wheel, put the transmission in high gear and work the wheel back and forth. | ||
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If you have a friend to help you can skip jacking up the wheel, put the vehicle in high gear, position yourselves on each end of the vehicle and rock the vehicle back and forth (I prefer this method since it seems to me to be somewhat easier). | If you have a friend to help you can skip jacking up the wheel, put the vehicle in high gear, position yourselves on each end of the vehicle and rock the vehicle back and forth (I prefer this method since it seems to me to be somewhat easier). | ||
This can take quite a while and it is quite tiring but you will notice the wheel will start to move a little farther if the process is going to succeed. | This can take quite a while and it is quite tiring but you will notice the wheel will start to move a little farther if the process is going to succeed. | ||
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| + | Once the drive wheel rotates several revolutions, pull the vehicle in high gear several miles with all the plugs removed. This is probably not necessary but it gets everything lubricated up good. | ||
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