Wilsons Sandbox

Put on the emergency brakes while the car is in first gear. Surely your engine can't turn over then. Gene

> > From: "Gregory L. Garnett" garnetgl@muohio.edu> > Date: 2001/05/17 Thu PM 03:07:10 EDT > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [mg-tabc] crank pulley > > I am replacing the front seal on my xpag engine with the new lip seal > instead of the rope seal. I have gotten the radiator off but can not get > the nut holding the pulley off. The pulley keeps turning. I have the car > in gear but that makes no difference. How do I get the crank from turning > while I try to loosen the nut? > Greg Garnett > 513-523-3720 > 5488 Brown Rd > Oxford, Ohio, 45056 > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >

hi Greg - a less dramatic way than some of your replies, is to stop the crank from turning by locking the starter ring gear. special tools are sold for this but you can improvise with a large screwdriver or whatever. a 1/2" drive socket with an "L" adapter will just go on behind the cross tube. slip a 4 foot length of steel tube over it for leverage, but think where it might go when the dog finally gives way! you don't want to end up replacing a wing, or a headlamp shell... cheers Roger PS are you really sure you want to change that seal??? the original can work just fine, but several folks have had bad luck with the lip seals. whilst on this subject, can anyone think of a good reason why the other end of the crank could not be sealed with the same sort of graphite impregnated rope, or a modern equivalent? if it works at one end, why not the other? could be better than all the futile attempts with lip seals... Greg Garnett wrote:

>I am replacing the front seal on my xpag engine with the new lip seal >instead of the rope seal. I have gotten the radiator off but can not get >the nut holding the pulley off. The pulley keeps turning. I have the car >in gear but that makes no difference. How do I get the crank from turning >while I try to loosen the nut?

Hi, I have had good luck with the front lip seal. Since you have to remove the pan to install it, just stick a hammer handle between the front counter weight of the crank and the block to stop the crank from moving and remove the dog nut. This way no components to the rear of the front crank counterweight are stressed in any way. Bob hi Greg - a less dramatic way than some of your replies, is to stop the crank from turning by locking the starter ring gear. special tools are sold for this but you can improvise with a large screwdriver or whatever. a 1/2" drive socket with an "L" adapter will just go on behind the cross tube. slip a 4 foot length of steel tube over it for leverage, but think where it might go when the dog finally gives way! you don't want to end up replacing a wing, or a headlamp shell... cheers Roger PS are you really sure you want to change that seal??? the original can work just fine, but several folks have had bad luck with the lip seals. whilst on this subject, can anyone think of a good reason why the other end of the crank could not be sealed with the same sort of graphite impregnated rope, or a modern equivalent? if it works at one end, why not the other? could be better than all the futile attempts with lip seals... Greg Garnett wrote:

>I am replacing the front seal on my xpag engine with the new lip seal >instead of the rope seal. I have gotten the radiator off but can not get >the nut holding the pulley off. The pulley keeps turning. I have the car >in gear but that makes no difference. How do I get the crank from turning >while I try to loosen the nut?