Freeing a stuck engine
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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. |
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). | ||
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