Re: [T3] Fan Pulley Removal

[russella@prairieinet.net]

<x-flowed windows-1252>Hal Sullivan wrote:
> 9/21/2002 10:06:32 AM, "Garret Trask" <garret_trask@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Do any of you know a way to prevent the engine from turning while it's still 
> > in the car?
>
>
> I recently had to take mine off .. what worked for me was 1) set the 
> parking brake, 2) put it into 4th gear, and 3) have my wife come stand on 
> the brake pedal.  It may have worked because the bolt wasn't "tight enough",
> but .. who knows. 
>
> If your car has an automagic instead of a 4speed, then I'm at a loss.
That is the way the shop mechanics do it. Lock the brakes with it in 4th 
gear.
If it is automatic, have someone jam a big screw driver into the 
flywheel starter gear and hold it.

--
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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