Nope, I don't think it will get stuck. When I installed my pulley
with engine in situ, I did have to jack the engine pretty high,
actually to the point of its pressing into either the tunnel or the
heater box shelf and lifting the front off the jack stands, but
nothing got stuck.
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On 12/2/99, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>I am thinking ahead a little to when I will install my 1380 and 5-speed
>back into my freshly painted engine compartment.
>I remember vaguely from last time that the engine with transmission
>attached was almost impossible to get in and only with a long crowbar
>did I finally persuade it in.
>
>Would it help to leave the crank pulley off and install it afterwards?
>Or would that not help because the engine would have to be lifted up so
>high to install the pulley that it would be stuck again?
>
>Any other tips?
>
>Thanks,
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