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drooartz

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For a variety of reasons I've been a bit stuck on the Tunebug work for the past few weeks. With my motorcycle now sold and the loan paid off, I find myself with enough funding to get things going again. If my gig schedule keeps up, I should be able to have the car back on the road before the snow flies.

My todos for this week:

* send carbs and head to Hap for rebuilding
* find a way to get someone to help me remove the crank pulley and flywheel (I've no compressor, and can't afford one right now)
* find a local machine shop for the block

So my focus for the summer is to supervise the engine work, and rework the brakes/suspension for the disc conversion. No new motorcycle until the Tunebug is driving again, that's my deal with myself. Time to get busy!
 
Drew, it can be done without a compressor. Rental place will have elec driven wrenchs. And you will find em for sale at HF, HD, Lowes, etc.

At the track some folks even use battery driven ones to change tires.

However, a long helper bar also works preaty well.
 
Drew,

I don't remember if you have the engine out or not, but find a way to bind the crank, either with a block of wook against the crank, if the oil pan is off or something against the flywheel. Get a long breaker bar or put a cheater on the end of your socket wrench. Once you get good pressure against the nut, hit the cheater with the palm of your hand or with a rubber mallet. The idea is to "snatch" the wrench quickly to break the bolt free.
 
The engine is out and on a stand. I"ll have to see if I can round up a long breaker bar...
 
Is called a peice of pipe. Get a couple the right diameter to fit over the wrench handle, one 2 ft one 4 feet long. You will use em the rest of your life. I supose they could be chrome plated so they would look cool, heh.
 
A moderate size breaker bar with a loooong pipe stuck on the handle may do the trick.
 
Hehe, I got a couple of those.
 
For clarification, is the crank pulley nut reverse thread? Want to be clear which way I need to be turning it for removal.
 
drooartz said:
For clarification, is the crank pulley nut reverse thread? Want to be clear which way I need to be turning it for removal.
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No it's regular. Just make sure you undo any locktabs.
 
I picked up this cool half inch socket tool when I went to put a new serpentine belt on my van. The thing is about 3 feet long flat steel bar with a half inch socket (male) on the end.
Makes a great breaker bar /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
If needed I can put a cheater on the end if it. Schucks or Autozone has the thing for about $15 bucks I believe. Just look for tools to change out a serpentine belt. Not good for everything, but pretty nice when needed.
 
We're talking about misusing tools, something we all have done, so be careful while doing it. Its nice to use a breakover bar with the cheater, less a chance to fail.
 
Drew
Be real careful about putting too much torque on the engine stand! If you are not careful then at best you could flip the stand/engine over and worse probably break the stand and then the engine hits the floor and breaks.
Probably best to put lots of torque to itwhen the engine is on the floor.
(Chris- I am not saying that your adapter isn't strong, but this could be dangerous)
Bill
 
I was thinking about that, Bill. I'll probably drop it to the floor and deal with it there. I'm less concerned about Chris' adaptor than the cheap HF engine stand the adaptor is attached to. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

A co-worker's got a nice big breaker bar I'm going to borrow to get this done -- hopefully later this week if all goes well. Does make me glad I bought an engine hoist rather than borrow/rent one. That's a heavy little motor for being so small!
 
The floor jack lever removed works good also.

Pat
 
Good to hear you are motivated again, I need to kick my arse into gear. Been so busy recently: 175 hours in last 2 weeks and boy am I pooped! Should quieten down a bit now though so hopefully will start to make progress soon myself
 
I like that idea, floor jack lever. now I know where to get the BF Handle
 
That's a good idea, Pat. I wouldn't have thought of using a jack handle, but it's strong and long -- good combination!
 
use a breaker bar that doesnt have much sentimental value hold the socket on and belt with a hammer thatll crack it then undo at your leasure
a shorthard jerk is better than a long steady pull. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Jack handle didn't help, I'll try the hammer next...

Thanks for that link, camshaft. That's an interesting product, a little more high-tech than the 2x4 I'm using. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
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