LovetheA's
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I’ve never tried to tackle many of the jobs that I’m attempting on my cars and I’m learning as I go along thanks to all the help from this website. I wanted to know how to remove the crank case bolt on my 383? I need to possibly get my cam out and send it off to my engine guy. I have a dampener puller and I understand that process. What I don’t know how to do is to remove the crankcase bolt. The car is up on jack stands and the heads intake carb are off the engine. From what I understand I should set the engine at TDC on the compression stroke(put finger over spark plug hole feel for pressure) when I take everything apart and put it back the same way. This would also line up with the two marks on the cam and crank when I pull the timing cover. How do I determine compression stroke when there are no heads on the motor? Should the piston in cylinder one be all the way at the top and the lifters be both at the same height meaning the exhaust and intake are closed for compression? How do I prevent the engine from moving when trying to get the crankcase bolt off? I don’t have an impact gun. Another thing I’m worried about is when removing the dampener I hear about people damaging the crank or the threads on the he crank. How do I set my dampener puller without doing this? It does have a small extension piece that is pointed at the top. Does that have to be perfectly centered on the crank away from the sides and threads? That is the last thing I want to do when pulling the dampener is damage the crank. Would it be best to just buy a correct tool for removing the dampener bolt and do it with the right equipment? Sorry about all the questions but I don’t want to ruin anything. That can get very expensive.
Carl
Carl