<VV> Freeing a stuck motor.

[Michael Kovacs]

 I used an old spark plug. Broke off the ceramic and electrode. Inserted a male air hose connection.  Brazed the air hose connection to the remaining spark plug . This worked fine.  

    On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 1:55:08 AM EDT, Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:  
 
 What fitting does one use to get the compressed air in?  I have a
plain compressed air dust blow gun with the rubber tip but I don't know if
that is long enough to reach through the top shroud. Is that sufficient or
is there a better way? Also I do not understand what " top of piston in
most likely  8-9 sq. in.”?" means?

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 12:04 AM, Matt <patiomatt at aol.com> wrote:

> Let it soak for a few days…at least…
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> Remove rockers…..  compressed air in plug holes… 120-150 psi… top of
> piston in most likely  8-9 sq. in.”?
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> Matt Nall
> Sea Mtn., Or.
> Sent from WinMail10
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> *From: *Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> Hi, I am giving the old college try for a 1964 stuck motor that was given
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> to me for 'free'. It is out of the car on the floor. A 3/4 inch wrench on
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> the harmonic balancer bolt head does not make it budge. The starter is bad.
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> I pulled the plugs and poured a gallon of ATF into the spark plug holes
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> today. How long should I wait and are there any other ways of trying to get
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> it moving other than the bolt head on the harmonic balancer? -- IV
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