Okay finished doing that this morning. Got my trunk semi aligned as well.

Do you think I would be better off going to a mechanic and just having him use an impact wrench on the crank to manual crank it? I am sure that amount of torque would get it moving. Do you think that would break anything?

 

I'm not very familiar with automatic transmissions, but did you try putting it in neutral then trying to turn the engine?

 

Good idea but from my understanding I do not think that would change anything. As the car can be started in Park so the flywheel must be able to be turned in park. Right?

 

True and it can also idle in park. So you're probably right.

I'm not sure whether putting an air wrench on a frozen engine would be putting too much stress on something. That's a good question.

I believe you can also spray WD-40 through the spark plug holes and that should soak the rings and make it easier to turn. If you haven't, try doing some searches about freeing up a frozen engine. I've seen car shows before use WD-40 on cars from the '30s.

You are using a breaker bar or something long to try to turn the engine? It also helps to remove all of the spark plugs to make it easier to turn.

 

spark plugs are out. I am using an extended rachet. Kind of like a torque wrench but not exactly. I put ATF in there like Stepman said. I will do what you said and Google that and see what I can come up with
Thanks

 

I just did some searching and found a couple things:

Make sure you are trying to rotate the engine both directions - clockwise and counterclockwise - in case one direction will cause it to break free.

Also found a guy that said you will bust the crank if you try to use an impact wrench on it.

Another guy said he screwed an air line from his air compressor into one of the spark plug holes and pumped the cylinder full of air and the engine finally cranked over.

 

I think doing it by hand is better than an impact, however, I don't think an impact is strong enough to bust a crank. I can hear it now, if you go to a mechanic...he will say..."it's frozen, you need a new motor". Its hard to believe that it can be stuck that bad just from sitting too long. I'd have to say to just keep working at it as long as you're sure nothing is in the way of the flywheel to prevent it from turning. Maybe even pull the dist, get an adapter for a drill, (do you have a drill?) and turn the oil pump manually to force oil through it.

 

I would have to agree with that. Must make sure nothing is preventing the flywheel from turning since 8 months of sitting doesn't seem long to me unless you had the spark plugs out and it was in some humid weather the whole time.

 

Lol do I have a drill. Yes I have one. It is kind of like an allen shape.

I had all the holes in the engine plugged up with a engine bracket on top that you attach to a cherry picker to move it. Well I can only only see the bottom part of the flywheel but I am pretty sure nothing is in the way. I do not know what it would be. I will loosen up the bellhousing a little and see if that helps.

Thanks

 

One more thought, then I'm off to work. Check the stuff on the front of the engine. Belt driven things have been known to freeze up and cause engines to appear frozen.