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

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Heat the bolt with a propane torch then use an air hammer. I had to get the 
down stairs neighbour to drive me to Walmat to get it when I had the engine 
out of the car.

Made it a lot easier.....



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Dave" <bag@frys.com>
>To: "Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>, <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Update on the Son of Crankshaft Bolt Funnnn!!!!
>Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 00:05:36 -0800
>
>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!>
>
>
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