RE: Help! How to turn stuck motor

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi,

You did not say if you intend to keep the engine or just get it 
disconnected from the tranny.

There are many solutions to this problem.

If you do not want the engine:

Pull the tranny off the engine leaving the torque converter on the flex 
plate as was sugggested. OR

You may be able to get at as many as three of the flex plate bolts from 
the bottom with the inspection plate and starter out of the way.  Then 
you may only need the engine to turn just enough to get the last bolt or 
two.

In any case, turning the engine over will be hard since if it overheated 
and seized, it may be the bearings as well as the rings.

I would pull the heads and soak each cylinder with penetrating oil and 
then pound on each piston with a hammer handle.  This needs to be done 
with an assistant who is on a johnson bar with a suitable socket on the 
crank pulley (1-1/4").  Keep pounding all cylinders and reefing on the 
crank nut until the engine turns enough to get at the required flex 
plate bolts.

Once the torque convertor is separated from the flex plate, the tranny 
can be left in the car and you can pull only the engine or pull the two 
together.

It will be easier to try to turn the engine over while it is in the car 
than out where it will roll all over the place when you reef on the 
crank nut.

Good luck and keep us posted.  We're all in this together.

K.


Lawrence4@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Gents:
> 
> Need some advice:  I'm getting ready to pull the 361 out of my '62 Sport 
> 
> Fury.  I'm trying to turn the motor over by hand, so I can remove the 
> flexplate bolts.  BUT, I can't get it to budge.  A few months ago, the 
> motor got overheated and wouldn't run anymore (probably seized up?)  I 
> squirted some penetrant down into the cylinders, no luck.  I'm using a 
> 1/2" drive long-handled socket wrench (about 18" long).  I don't have an 
> 
> impact wrench.
> 
> Any advice on how to turn this dude over?  Do I need a really long 
> breaker bar?  If I remove the heads, is there a way to turn it from the 
> top, or at least lube it up some more?  Thanks!
> 
> Wade
> 
> Wade Lawrence
> '62 Sport Fury Golden Commando



Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)

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