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Seized motor on donor truck!! no rotation ..old 235 4 speed chev

We are trying to get the clutch plate pressure plate and flywheel,out of a donor truck ,2 ton ,it had a 4 speed in it we removed that , this gave us access to 4 bolts on the pressure plate around the bottom ,cover removed, the top bolts we cannot get too
We have removed 4 bolts from the (bellhousing) Gearbox to engine housing to try to remove it, still wont come apart is there more than 4 bolts holding it to the motor ..2 just behind the motor and 2 near the flywheel accessable only from under inside the housing .
Any suggestions on how to get the clutch gear out when the motor cannot be rotated
Dumb question i know , but frustrating yes ,as the donor truck is 1 hour away out in scrubland there is not a lot of workshop tools out there to make life easy
Thanks in advance

there is 2 more up high either side of crank....there should be 6 bolts holding pressure plate to flywheel...any chance of removing top access cover to gain access to top bolts of pressure plate?
or reach thru tranny mount hole?

there is 2 more bell housing bolts up high, either side of crank....there should be 6 bolts holding pressure plate to flywheel...any chance of removing top access cover to gain access to top bolts of pressure plate?
or reach thru tranny mount hole?

Being in the position youre in,,yes,theres bolts that you wont be able to get to without rotating the motor.
If youre not trying to salvage the bellhousing too,,take a short handled 5 lb. sledge hammer with you and break the bell housing away from the clutch/flywheel assembly.
A little on the radical side? Yes. But, it'll get you to the parts youre trying to save.
Marty

1958GMCnut
yep little cover has been removed even with a small socket we are unable to get in there,
i wouldnt go to all this trouble, but the clutch and pressure plate,are only a few months old also the ring gear on the flywheel looks better than mine
Only option (B) left now.. delux54panel... big hammer will ~Butcher~ ..such sacralige,, i feel guilty ..may god have mercy on my sole

Well, there are a million of those bell housings out there. Go and sin no more.

Tombstoneshadow,

If the clutch and pressure plate are only a few months old, how is it that the engine is so frozen it won't turn over? As Spock was heard to utter..."this does not compute".


Stuart

Job is done
Saftey glasses on, and a few choice words when nothing was happening not to be beaten soldier on a few good swing with the knock ommeter,,, jackpot..
My donor was been trained to run with out oil , with disasterous outcome,, that explained why it wouldnt turn ,thats why its a donor truck, The old bloke says, the new clutch is in the other truck,
Bugga Me i says to me self!!
All this work ! i hope its wort it
As it turned out clutch pressure plate and flywheel are worth using
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