Undoing crank bolt with engine out of the car

[Rusty]

Any hints? Tried earlier but it's being a PITA and I just can't secure the engine properly, so that's not helping either...

[audinut]

big fat snap on air gun , assuming you have air ?

[AndyP]

I've done it with the engine on an engine stand, where is yours?

[Rusty]

No air and the engine is currently on the ground, as it's just me and I don't have a crane just yet

[AndyP]

No air and the engine is currently on the ground, as it's just me and I don't have a crane just yet

Might be possible, but you're going to need the locking tool, a huge 3/4" breaker bar and a fat bloke to sit on the engine

Good luck

[martinws]

If you can secure the engine by maybe bolting wooden blocks to the mounts then using the locking tool it's possible. I had it on a stand with the front supported

[Error404]

Use wooden blocks under the engine mounts and someone sitting on it to keep it steady as you crack it off

[Rusty]

I've got 18 stone of Bristolian on speed dial...

[Greg_S]

Air gun is far by the easiest if you can get one. We used the big bertha 3/4" to remove it on mine

[andyg plym]

I thought I heard using an air gun on these was bad news ? Causing cracks and the woodruff key to crack too

[andyg plym]

I also did mine on the floor, I locked the crank tool at 7oclock position then levered against it at 9oclock I was using a 3/4 long arm with a scaffold bar as an extension

[UrS4boy]

I thought I heard using an air gun on these was bad news ? Causing cracks and the woodruff key to crack too

Yup. But if you have to you have to. But then you should install a new tooth belt pulley to be safe.

[Rusty]

Who needs a woodruf key

[andy10v]

I put a jack handle into my locking tool, and a tube over my breaker bar. That gives 2 6 foot levers you just squeeze together and the bolt undoes. Could lock the tool lever against the ground if its particularly tight.

[Sleeper_Avant]

i locked the flywheel, can send the tool if you want to borrow it?