I have been semi-lurking here for a couple of weeks since I picked up
an eagle wagon....hey quit laughing!! It was $250 runs great and has
cold AC. Anyhow..as I was saying I have been semi-lurking (couldn't
resist responding to a couple of posts) because this group, and the
archives contained of the posts. My question is this: I have a chipped
tooth on my flywheel, which is a minor annoyance. For the moment I
just turn thee crank a bit and start it up when I hit the dead spot. I
know thst one chipped tooth leads to two...leads to round flywheel.
;-) I have a perfectly good parts car with the same engien that I
drove 40 miles home last week. I am planning on pulling engines and
swapping flywheels. As I do not want to drag my parts car to the shop
(I have allready swapped over the gas tank, upper radiator hose, and
power steering pump...thuss effectively imobolizing it) and I do not
have air tools at my house yet...so what I need to know is:

1) Is there a flywheel lock available for these engines for torquing
the flywheel bolt(s)

2) What size bolt (s) hold the flywheel on

Since I will have to borrow a hoist for a day, I would like to make
sure I am fully prepared for all eventualities at the outset. ;-)
BTW assuming these engines are the same as in the jeeps, is anyone in
the NC are looking for a running....soon to be missing a
flywheel...engine to rebuild for their jeeps while abusing the one
they have...I actually would consider doing a rebuild on this one as a
back up...but really cannot feel the love for this car yet. =-) maybe
if I thought it could get to some of the places I go in my VW....but
naw..I think I'd break it hard trying. ;-)

....Gareth

 

Gary Tateosian (gareth68@yahoo.com) wrote on Tuesday 18 May 2004 09:19 pm:

> I have been semi-lurking here for a couple of weeks since I picked up
> an eagle wagon....hey quit laughing!! It was $250 runs great and has
> cold AC. Anyhow..as I was saying I have been semi-lurking (couldn't
> resist responding to a couple of posts) because this group, and the
> archives contained of the posts. My question is this: I have a chipped
> tooth on my flywheel, which is a minor annoyance. For the moment I
> just turn thee crank a bit and start it up when I hit the dead spot. I
> know thst one chipped tooth leads to two...leads to round flywheel.
> ;-) I have a perfectly good parts car with the same engien that I
> drove 40 miles home last week. I am planning on pulling engines and
> swapping flywheels. As I do not want to drag my parts car to the shop
> (I have allready swapped over the gas tank, upper radiator hose, and
> power steering pump...thuss effectively imobolizing it) and I do not
> have air tools at my house yet...so what I need to know is:
>
> 1) Is there a flywheel lock available for these engines for torquing
> the flywheel bolt(s)
>
> 2) What size bolt (s) hold the flywheel on
>
> Since I will have to borrow a hoist for a day, I would like to make
> sure I am fully prepared for all eventualities at the outset. ;-)
> BTW assuming these engines are the same as in the jeeps, is anyone in
> the NC are looking for a running....soon to be missing a
> flywheel...engine to rebuild for their jeeps while abusing the one
> they have...I actually would consider doing a rebuild on this one as a
> back up...but really cannot feel the love for this car yet. =-) maybe
> if I thought it could get to some of the places I go in my VW....but
> naw..I think I'd break it hard trying. ;-)
>
> ...Gareth

1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.

2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

 

Gary Tateosian (gareth68@yahoo.com) wrote on Tuesday 18 May 2004 09:19 pm:

> I have been semi-lurking here for a couple of weeks since I picked up
> an eagle wagon....hey quit laughing!! It was $250 runs great and has
> cold AC. Anyhow..as I was saying I have been semi-lurking (couldn't
> resist responding to a couple of posts) because this group, and the
> archives contained of the posts. My question is this: I have a chipped
> tooth on my flywheel, which is a minor annoyance. For the moment I
> just turn thee crank a bit and start it up when I hit the dead spot. I
> know thst one chipped tooth leads to two...leads to round flywheel.
> ;-) I have a perfectly good parts car with the same engien that I
> drove 40 miles home last week. I am planning on pulling engines and
> swapping flywheels. As I do not want to drag my parts car to the shop
> (I have allready swapped over the gas tank, upper radiator hose, and
> power steering pump...thuss effectively imobolizing it) and I do not
> have air tools at my house yet...so what I need to know is:
>
> 1) Is there a flywheel lock available for these engines for torquing
> the flywheel bolt(s)
>
> 2) What size bolt (s) hold the flywheel on
>
> Since I will have to borrow a hoist for a day, I would like to make
> sure I am fully prepared for all eventualities at the outset. ;-)
> BTW assuming these engines are the same as in the jeeps, is anyone in
> the NC are looking for a running....soon to be missing a
> flywheel...engine to rebuild for their jeeps while abusing the one
> they have...I actually would consider doing a rebuild on this one as a
> back up...but really cannot feel the love for this car yet. =-) maybe
> if I thought it could get to some of the places I go in my VW....but
> naw..I think I'd break it hard trying. ;-)
>
> ...Gareth

1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.

2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

 

Gary Tateosian (gareth68@yahoo.com) wrote on Tuesday 18 May 2004 09:19 pm:

> I have been semi-lurking here for a couple of weeks since I picked up
> an eagle wagon....hey quit laughing!! It was $250 runs great and has
> cold AC. Anyhow..as I was saying I have been semi-lurking (couldn't
> resist responding to a couple of posts) because this group, and the
> archives contained of the posts. My question is this: I have a chipped
> tooth on my flywheel, which is a minor annoyance. For the moment I
> just turn thee crank a bit and start it up when I hit the dead spot. I
> know thst one chipped tooth leads to two...leads to round flywheel.
> ;-) I have a perfectly good parts car with the same engien that I
> drove 40 miles home last week. I am planning on pulling engines and
> swapping flywheels. As I do not want to drag my parts car to the shop
> (I have allready swapped over the gas tank, upper radiator hose, and
> power steering pump...thuss effectively imobolizing it) and I do not
> have air tools at my house yet...so what I need to know is:
>
> 1) Is there a flywheel lock available for these engines for torquing
> the flywheel bolt(s)
>
> 2) What size bolt (s) hold the flywheel on
>
> Since I will have to borrow a hoist for a day, I would like to make
> sure I am fully prepared for all eventualities at the outset. ;-)
> BTW assuming these engines are the same as in the jeeps, is anyone in
> the NC are looking for a running....soon to be missing a
> flywheel...engine to rebuild for their jeeps while abusing the one
> they have...I actually would consider doing a rebuild on this one as a
> back up...but really cannot feel the love for this car yet. =-) maybe
> if I thought it could get to some of the places I go in my VW....but
> naw..I think I'd break it hard trying. ;-)
>
> ...Gareth

1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.

2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

 

Gary Tateosian (gareth68@yahoo.com) wrote on Tuesday 18 May 2004 09:19 pm:

> I have been semi-lurking here for a couple of weeks since I picked up
> an eagle wagon....hey quit laughing!! It was $250 runs great and has
> cold AC. Anyhow..as I was saying I have been semi-lurking (couldn't
> resist responding to a couple of posts) because this group, and the
> archives contained of the posts. My question is this: I have a chipped
> tooth on my flywheel, which is a minor annoyance. For the moment I
> just turn thee crank a bit and start it up when I hit the dead spot. I
> know thst one chipped tooth leads to two...leads to round flywheel.
> ;-) I have a perfectly good parts car with the same engien that I
> drove 40 miles home last week. I am planning on pulling engines and
> swapping flywheels. As I do not want to drag my parts car to the shop
> (I have allready swapped over the gas tank, upper radiator hose, and
> power steering pump...thuss effectively imobolizing it) and I do not
> have air tools at my house yet...so what I need to know is:
>
> 1) Is there a flywheel lock available for these engines for torquing
> the flywheel bolt(s)
>
> 2) What size bolt (s) hold the flywheel on
>
> Since I will have to borrow a hoist for a day, I would like to make
> sure I am fully prepared for all eventualities at the outset. ;-)
> BTW assuming these engines are the same as in the jeeps, is anyone in
> the NC are looking for a running....soon to be missing a
> flywheel...engine to rebuild for their jeeps while abusing the one
> they have...I actually would consider doing a rebuild on this one as a
> back up...but really cannot feel the love for this car yet. =-) maybe
> if I thought it could get to some of the places I go in my VW....but
> naw..I think I'd break it hard trying. ;-)
>
> ...Gareth

1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.

2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

 

>
>1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
>flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.
>
>2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
>and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
>Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.



....thanks. Not sure when I'll get to this, but am pretty sure it will
be in the near future....maybe real near. =-))

...Gareth

 

>
>1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
>flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.
>
>2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
>and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
>Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.



....thanks. Not sure when I'll get to this, but am pretty sure it will
be in the near future....maybe real near. =-))

...Gareth

 

>
>1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
>flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.
>
>2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
>and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
>Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.



....thanks. Not sure when I'll get to this, but am pretty sure it will
be in the near future....maybe real near. =-))

...Gareth

 

>
>1) You don't need it. A well-placed screwdriver in one of the holes on the
>flywheel mounting plate will hold it in place for you.
>
>2) They're somewhere in the range of 9/16" to 3/4" (I had mine out a year
>and a half ago), SAE. Take a 1/2" breaker bar and a decent socket set.
>Once the engine's out, they're a piece of cake.



....thanks. Not sure when I'll get to this, but am pretty sure it will
be in the near future....maybe real near. =-))

...Gareth