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Hi,
Might sound a bit of a silly question, but how hard should it be to turn over the engine by hand (not using the crank handle).
I can turn mine over be just turning the fan by hand, have seen the points / dizzy moving so is definately turning the engine. Will try and get a pressure gauge on it soon, but I think this engine is NOT HAPPY, after been stood for 11 years.
Its a 2 1/4 petrol in a a 1975 SWB SIII, 1 core plug is split and when trying to get it out yesterday I could feel a lot of crap in the water way behind it, so thinking it might be timke to cut my losses and just get a 200 TDi fitted.
As I was hoping to get the gearbox and axles tested by running with the petrol engine first so I could tell if there was anything else that need replacing when I was doing the engine swap, but am unsure how / if you can test the gear box, props & axles without a running engine.
Trev
Might sound a bit of a silly question, but how hard should it be to turn over the engine by hand (not using the crank handle).
I can turn mine over be just turning the fan by hand, have seen the points / dizzy moving so is definately turning the engine. Will try and get a pressure gauge on it soon, but I think this engine is NOT HAPPY, after been stood for 11 years.
Its a 2 1/4 petrol in a a 1975 SWB SIII, 1 core plug is split and when trying to get it out yesterday I could feel a lot of crap in the water way behind it, so thinking it might be timke to cut my losses and just get a 200 TDi fitted.
As I was hoping to get the gearbox and axles tested by running with the petrol engine first so I could tell if there was anything else that need replacing when I was doing the engine swap, but am unsure how / if you can test the gear box, props & axles without a running engine.
Trev