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Re: pulley removal

To: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Subject: Re: pulley removal
From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:25:52 -0600
Ok, I'm a little slow here. The first thing I thought was, "I'm
not putting rope down the spark plug hole!"

I'm guessing you mean put some rope down the edge of the pully so it
gets jammed in between the pully and the fan belt?

> 
> Maynard Hirsch wrote:
> 
>> I assume that you have knocked down the tab washer holding the bolt in 
>> place.
>>
>> Try putting the car in 4th and putting the parking brake on.  If that 
>> doesn't work, you can remove a spark plug and feed in some rope.  As 
>> you turn the pulley, the rope will stop the piston from moving up any 
>> further.
>>
>> Maynard


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