Freeing a stuck engine
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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. 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. | 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. 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. | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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 well-lubricated. |
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[[Category:Engine]] | [[Category:Engine]] | ||
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