Crank pulley...
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Dorset VogueSE
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Ever thought of using 'Park'
classic kev
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Search the forum, this has been covered before.
Hi, I did try!
Read theres a (stupidly priced) tool for the tdi & P38 engines, all the others I read were for manuals... will 'av another look
cheers
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Beast o Bodmin
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take out spark plug and insert piston jam.An alloy one or plastic is best.an old tooth brush will work.
That sounds like an ace way to bend a few valves to me.
Auto or not, isn't the best trick the big socket on the pulley bolt and a bar jammed under the chassis right side - and hit the starter?
Take the king lead out FIRST, of course so the engine doesn't fire up.
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That's one way of doing it and I have heard differing stories about the success or otherwise of the outcome.
My only experience is with my 3.9RRC. The crank pulley has a notch in it, I cut down a length of steel bar so I could wedge the bar into the slot and against the chassis rail then using a long breaker bar undid the crank. Putting it back on is a little easier but the same process, just wedge the notch in the pulley against something substantial. BTW it is useless to try and wedge the crank pulley with a lever off the ground it has to be off the chassis.
Cheers mines got the notch so I'll give it a try... if I can't wedge it enough I'll be tempted to just weld the pulley to the chassis with a bar- that'll get the fecker off. Then just chop it off when the bolts out
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Another method is to remove the starter motor and wedge something in the starter ring, locking the flywheel.
Beast o Bodmin
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do it and soak it in oil over night.also heat it up first but not blue or it will snap arf...
classic kev
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Don't go too mad you could hurt yourself. Remember the crank pulley is torqued up pretty high, something getting on for 200ftlbs.
