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trotti

trotti

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Bolts are off easily enough but I can't remove the flywheel itself. Any pointers? Not sure the BFH approach would be good on the crank?
 
The flywheel is probably stuck to the crank flange by surface corrosion. You can spray the joint with penetrating oil (including the bolt holes), let it sit for a while, then tap around the circumference of the flywheel with a wooden or rubber mallet. You don't have to hit it hard.
 
There wasn't any corrosion, but it was stuck on there pretty good. But I ended up doing was using a small pry and going back-and-forth from either side. Took a lot of back-and-forth but it eventually worked. Thanks!
 
I hope you know, but just in case, as I've mentioned in other posts, the flywheel has a #1 stamped on it. When you replace it, the #1 needs to be at the top when the engine (piston #1) is at top dead center. This is how it was balanced.
 
TimK said:
I hope you know, but just in case, as I've mentioned in other posts, the flywheel has a #1 stamped on it. When you replace it, the #1 needs to be at the top when the engine (piston #1) is at top dead center. This is how it was balanced.
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Yup! That was mentioned in another post and I kept the alignment straight. The flywheel is back on the car and I'm simply awaiting a complete set of matching bolts for the pressure plate - the PO used one bolt that was over a 1/4" shorter. Likely not a huge deal, but why introduce imbalance? The bolt store here in Nashville closed an hour early for some reason yesterday so I missed my window to get this in over the weekend. I'll have to do it this week.

Feels good to be at the "putting back together" stage. And I decided to purchase an engine lift - should make moving the gearbox around much simpler!
 
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