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Turning motor over by hand?

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I usually put it in fourth and roll it, with the plugs out, grab whatever is handy and sturdy enough to move it. I have turned the motor by hand using the plastic fan, trying to grab a couple blades by their base to minimize the load, but usually push it around. I usually go through the cycle twice, just to double check everything, but it is a lot more work doing that with the six than with the four cylinder cars I have had in the past.
 
I, too, use the hand crank (and never had a cooling issue even in Tucson summers) but the method of pushing on the top of the tire w/ the gearbox in 4th is what I use on the TR4 -- you actually get a 2:1 leverage advantage by pushing that way.
 
I just want to add that the Macy's Garage article directs that if the Rule of 9 is used, adjusting to the designated valve is done not when the valve if fully open, and but when it just starts to close--I believe just slightly past the high point of the lobe. In other words, by assuring the valve was fully down, but just starting back up to close (i.e., the cam lobe is rotating down), the timing is right to adjust the valve which when added to the one just beginning to close equals 9.

When not using the Rule of 9, according to the Article, you just go cylinder by cylinder and: a) adjust the intake valve when the exhaust valve on that same cylinder just starts to open; and b) you adjust the exhaust valve, when the intake valve just starts to close.

I hope I said that right.
 
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