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Offline 77 cc lb

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starting engine w/o trans
« on: July 04, 2010, 08:44:13 pm »
i've got a quick question. i'm going to be putting in a new flywheel this week. is it poss. to start the engine w/ the tranny still disconnected? just in case in doesn't work out, i don't want to separate it again. thanks
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Offline Blazin

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Re: starting engine w/o trans
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 09:35:18 pm »
As long as your distributor cap isn't mashed into the firewall, or the fan into the radiator it will be fine.
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Re: starting engine w/o trans
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2010, 06:47:22 am »
I've done it a few times. You can use a floor jack to even out the motor for clearance on the dist and fan like Blazin mentioned.
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Re: starting engine w/o trans
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2010, 07:17:46 pm »
thanks for the info blazin and fitz. jacked it up a little and started up, no problems. thanks again.
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