Update on the Son of Crankshaft Bolt Funnnn!!!!

[bag at frys.com (Dave)]

Thanks for the replies....I neglected to include my original post but
basically it detailed my past efforts to remove the bolt, climaxing with the
oil pan off, and a lead dead blow hammer placed between the crankshaft
counterweights and the side of the engine block (the side facing fwd) I then
leaned into a breaker bar setup about 3 feet out on the pipe, generating
about 500 ft lbs.  I could contiune on out like this and produce up to 2 or
3 foot tons on it, but I wasn't sure if the block would take it, and if I
broke the block (or sheared the bolt head) I would probably lapse into a
depresssion that would make Kurt Corbain seem cheery by comparison.  Any
thoughts on how far I should go torque-wise? Maybe I should rent a high
power impact?  Send the thing to Michael Jackson's house for a sleepover?
Forget the seal and let it continue leak until it has released as  much oil
as the Exxon Valdez? I'm open to all suggestions, flames and death threats.

Thanks!

--Dave

--''75 Baja with a submersible exhaust  / intake "snorkle" system  that has
never seen so much as a gravel parking lot

--'98 Golf  with a big stupid loud stereo, louder and stupider
pipes--Autotech bumper sticker---slower than shit---Parents probably bought
it for my birthday.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Dave" <bag@frys.com>; <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:20 AM
Subject: RE: Update on the Son of Crankshaft Bolt Funnnn!!!!


> Dave,
>
> trying to remove the crank bolt? is the engine still in teh car ? then
stick
> it in park, making sure the wheels are on the ground, hand brake on, have
> someone press on the brake pedal, and using a long handle ratchet... break
> it open man..
>
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau
>
>
> ->-----Original Message-----
> ->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> ->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dave
> ->Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:16 PM
> ->To: Scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> ->Subject: Update on the Son of Crankshaft Bolt Funnnn!!!!
>
> <snip!>