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Re: Crank Won't Turn [Re: 420SIX] #1720692 01/03/15 07:50 PM 01/03/15 07:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,943 Holly/MI D Dean_Kuzluzski master
Dean_Kuzluzski master D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,943 Holly/MI	Quote: Motor spun free 15 years ago. Sitting under roof since then. Filled cylinders w/Marvel Mystery Oil a month ago....still won't move. Not sure how big of a cheater bar to put on the crank bolt ?? If a piston is at TDC or BDC and rusted it will be your greatest opponent. The crank itself is at it's least point of leverage. I'd pull the pan and see. Soak with a penetrating solvent as mentioned. Personally, I'd just pull the heads and assess the ridge at the top of the bores. If it's enough to catch a fingernail on.......the pistons aren't worth saving. Unbolt the rod/piston and knock them out the top one at a time. At some point the crank will then turn. R.I.P.- Gary "Coop" Davis 02/09/68-05/13/04

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