so let me get this straight
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no. Facing the front it's clockwise. Unless you have a marine engine, some are CCW.
Wait a minute J, by "facing the front" do you mean 1) sitting in the drivers seat looking towards the front of the car or 2) do you mean standing in front of the car looking towards the rear? there's a difference. Paul
You asked if you face the front, your face looking at the front looking back. My answer is facing the same direction. If you are on the drivers side of the fender looking at the engine, the top of the crank is rolling over to you and down. Front of the car to your left, rear to your right. If you are sitting in the drivers seat and looking forward, then the crank is CCW. If you're on the passenger side fender looking at it, the top of the crank is going away from you.
We were all rooting for you. I was afraid you were gonna tell us you just put $10K into rebuilding a beautiful motor and put it into your car, only to find out it's a marine engine lol.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Wait, if you put a marine 440 in a car, you go forward when the shifter is in reverse?
Only if you have a manual transmission.
I think you just created a Mopar version of this:
No different than a body man ordering trim for the rh side of the car. Trim arrives the next day. Body man compares it to the car, standing in the stall just like he did the day before. It's for the wrong side. (Conversation with the parts department) THEN the body man notices the car was driven in normally, but was backed in the prior day (when the parts were ordered). Dang clean-up crew!
In all seriousness, I was thinking of how to get the crank bolt off (I don't have impact wrench). I saw on Youtube where a fellow takes a breaker bar and socket and attaches to crank bolt. Then he gets in car and bumps the starter. Presto, crank bolt screws right off. Because the 440 turns clockwise I'm thinking this method might work on my car. Has anyone tried this? The one thing I'm worried about is if crank bolt is too tight bumping the starter while bolt is held in place by breaker bar might break tooth off of fly wheel. Paul
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
That's a great way of breaking tools, or having the breaker bar miss-aligned and rounding the bolt head. Harbor Frieght impact tool runs under $100, or rent one for free from Auto Zone.
Bad idea. Please don't do it. It's dangerous on many levels.
The problem with YouTube is anyone can post a video, no matter how dumb or dangerous. There are some very good videos from folks that know what they are doing, but you have to be selective and use common sense.
rags
Senior Member
Has anyone tried this?
it's common practice when doing timing belts on subarus. not enough room to get an impact in with the radiator in place. i must have done a couple of dozen of them over the years. let us know how it works with a 440!
it's common practice when doing timing belts on subarus. not enough room to get an impact in with the radiator in place. i must have done a couple of dozen of them over the years. let us know how it works with a 440!
Just Carbs
Well-Known Member
Or twist the crank.
thethee
Senior Member
Last time I had to take the crank bolt off I just blocked the torque converter. I didn't have an impact at the time.
fury fan
Senior Member
^^ this.
Years ago I was moving an old Mack truck at work. It was a cabover with a really sloppy guess-the-gear shifter.
It had the front wheels in a mild hole and I needed to rock it a little to get it moving.
Thru a perfect-storm of rocking it backwards, clutching it, grabbing a gear to go forward, near-killing the engine, and re-clutching it - I found 3 reverse gears everywhere I tried to jiggle it into first.
I had managed to get the engine running backwards.
Obviously an automatic is a different scenario due to the torque converter.
Years ago I was moving an old Mack truck at work. It was a cabover with a really sloppy guess-the-gear shifter.
It had the front wheels in a mild hole and I needed to rock it a little to get it moving.
Thru a perfect-storm of rocking it backwards, clutching it, grabbing a gear to go forward, near-killing the engine, and re-clutching it - I found 3 reverse gears everywhere I tried to jiggle it into first.
I had managed to get the engine running backwards.
Obviously an automatic is a different scenario due to the torque converter.
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