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#31369 05/25/2004 12:01 AM
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From the category of "It ran when I parked it".

I bought a 1970 GMC from a small isolated northern community with a great body. I has spent its life without seeing salt. The rocker panels are solid.

The previous owner claims that it was running when he parked. The clutch linkage is broken, so that makes belive his story.

Well it hasn't run in 5 - 8 years and the engine is seized.

Last fall I put some diesel fuel in each cylinder and now I plan to fill each cylinder with penetrating oil and letting that soak in.

Any other suggestions with tearing the engine apart?

My main question is where should I be attempting to gain leverage to turn this engine over? I haven't figured out a way to get a solid grab on the front of the crank to attempt tp turn the engine over. The truck has a 4 speed manual transmission, so I am trying to turn the engine over by twisting on the drive shaft with a pipe wrench. Any better suggestions? What gear should I be in? I figured my best mechanical advantage would be in reverse.

Oh yeah, the truck has a 350.


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#31370 05/25/2004 12:23 AM
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You won't be able to get enough leverage on it to do much good turning the driveshaft, but use high gear if you have to do it that way. A better method is to drop the inspection cover at the bottom of the bellhousing, and use a big pry bar on the flywheel ring gear teeth. That gives you much more mechanical advantage than a pipe wrench on the u-joint. Less chance of damaging something, too. If the diesel has been in there that long, it shouldn't be too hard to break loose, unless something is really badly wrong. You might find that the cylinders are too badly rusted to run anyway, as at least one cylinder would have had the valves open, exposed to humidity. I got into an Olds 330 engine once that was pitted badly after only 3 months of storage, and that was in central California. One cylinder had pits so deep that the cylinder had to be sleeved, with no damage to any of the others.

Try some Kroil, if it's really stuck tight. That stuff is fantastic! I've poured it into rusty cylinders, and come back a week later, and drained it out of the oil pan.

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#31371 05/25/2004 2:51 AM
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Try putting your truck in second gear and have some of your buddies rock the truck back and forth. It should try to move in one direction or the other if it isn't stuck too bad.
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