Seriously, I lost a lot of skin to the radiator the first time I tried to
change one of those things. After seeing how much room there was when I
changed the radiator, I decided it was actually quicker and easier to pull
the radiator and grill anytime I have to work on that part of the engine.
Heck, even the alternator is easy to reach that way. Sounds like a lot of
work, but on mine the radiator comes out really quick and the a/c
condenser
swings far enough to be out of the way so I let the old impact wrench do
the hard part for me. It also forces me to change the antifreeze every now
and then <g>.
Mike Romain wrote:
> LOL! I was seriously thinking about doing that but had visions of
> shrapnel flying when/if the socket blew up.
>
> I took it to my new favorite garage with a free CAA tow and he charged
> me $60.00 to install it and to inspect my steering for a loose part.
> Turns out one spring needs some grease in it's holder cup and I have a
> little play in the steering rack (not enough to fix). Cool, a cheap
fix.
>
> Mike
>
> Will Honea wrote:
>> Mike, you need to try the stunt I watched one somewhat lazy
acquaintance
>> pull on the crankshaft nut. Since he didn't want to go to the trouble
of
>> fabbing a tool to keep the engine from turning while he yanked, he used
>> some ****ms to jam the wrench onto the nut then hit the starter. Of
>> course
>> it couldn't start with that wrench there... but the engine fired and
you
>> never saw such a mess with that long wrench flailing away under the
hood.
>>
>> Darwin would have been proud of this guy - but I've seen some serious
>> cheater pipes used on that nut!
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>>> alt.jeep-l
>>> Ya I can't get mine off, I have no help and just can't put any oomph
>>> into it anymore since my spine was damaged in a car accident. I am
>>> forced to send it to the garage grr....
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Will Honea wrote:
>>>> The dealer price for the harmonic balancer for an '88 4.0L was right
at
>>>> $75. Took an hour to replace it - but you do need the right tools.
>>>> Plan on some serious grunting on the one nut you have to get off!
>>
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