Re: [Amc-list] Still Stuck

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, JOE FULTON wrote:

> it. (No welding Don.)  My calculations showed
> approximately 700 to 800 pounds of down force with 100
> psi air into the cylinder.  Still no joy.  Nothing
> even budged.  I have rocked the starter using a new
> battery just to make sure the starter was not locked
> up.  With the air pressure applied to No. 3 the engine
> JUST visibly rocks when you also engage the starter.
> I'll leave the pressure on the engine a few hours and
> see what happens.

Wow, that's stuck! Maybe a few hours of pressurized Kroil
penetration with 100 psi air, THEN click the starter for added
torque impulse...

YOu can always run two batteries on the starter. Really, but just
for a one or few second pulse should not do much harm. (Pitting
from local heating in the brushes will cause runaway damage if
left on.)

Just run the rest of that car on 12V! Just put the 2nd
battery in series with the cable from the solenoid (that's an
overrunning-clutch style starter, I forget how it's wired).

Stressful though, but hey, you're already at the cliff's edge
if it's that stuck!
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