Date:         Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:09:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Allan Bagley <allanb@CARLSON-AUDIO.COM>
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From:         Allan Bagley <allanb@CARLSON-AUDIO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Finding TDC (dumb question?)
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>>>You can use a coat hanger wire or other
>>>screwdriver or whatever to put into the #1 spark plug hole and rock the
>>>vehicle until it tightens up on the coat hanger wire / screwdriver etc.

Use extreme caution turning over your motor with hard objects stuck in the
plug hole!

Many years ago (25+!?!?!) I broke off the tip of a hardened precision screw
driver in a cylinder this way. Damned if I can remember what vehicle it was
(fog of time/age). I was able to fish it out with a small magnet and some
tape, etc. No harm done, but I am quite sure my heart stopped and I began to
sweat profusely when I realized what had happened!


Allan Bagley
86 Westy