On Sun, 23 May 1999, Steve Nabors wrote:
> Any help on binding the engine so it won't tunr over would be greatly
>appreciated.
Try sticking rope into the cylinder bores (this is the trick used for
popping the cylinder head). Won't work if you have the head off though.
Rope is compressible to a point, so you won't scratch up your bores, and
it's easy to get it into and out of the cylinder.
You should stick the rope into cylinders that are matched; I think 1 and 6
are on the inline 6; (anyone?)
Also, if you have the old (needle) style of torque wrench, put it away and
get a breaker bar. Needle-style torque wrenches have a lot of flex, and
you might bend it by whacking it with a hammer; even a rubber one. A
breaker bar is meant only for undoing Things That Are Tight. If you have
lots of these Things, get a good bar, so you can astound the guys in the
tool department by showing up with a broken one every other weekend.
Racers are prone to using a 6-foot piece of pipe on their breaker bars and
(naturally) breaking them.
Even if you have the newer, solid-type torque wrench, don't use it;
they're not very robust, and can still break. Plus, they don't usually
have the free-replacement warranty that Craftsman / Mastercraft / etc
"plain" hand tools have.
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-Malcolm
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