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Re: [Healeys] Undoing the crank nut

To: Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings@rogers.com>, healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Undoing the crank nut
From: "Ronald A. Fine" <ronfineesq@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:33:55 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
One old trick which read about and used recently is to remove the spark plugs 
and take a long piece of rope and feed it into one of the cylinders that is 
moving up on its compression stroke, filling the cylinder.  Make sure you have 
the correct cylinder because you don't want either valve to be open.  Be sure 
to keep a tail out so you can remove it later.  Then gently rotate the crank 
until that cylinder rises to compress the rope. It will eventually stop and you 
can remove the nut.
It worked for me.
Ron
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