I ran into difficulty while getting ready to adjust my valves. When I attempted to remove the crank port (alternator cover) it simply would not move. I used penetrating oil, waited for it to work, used the correct size hex wrench with a 3/8 ratchet. The three previous times I've adjusted the valves I had more trouble that I would have expected, but this time it seems welded in place.
As a fine American, I decided to get a bigger wrench, so I attacked it with a 1/2 inch ratchet; still no luck. Next I used a piece of 3/4 inch water pipe as a cheater. Something moved, but it was the whole center of the cover. It didn't just round off the edges, but instead twisted out the middle, and left the hex wrench still imbedded in what was once the center of the cover. The female section where you insert the hex wrench is easily removed from the wrench, and is not in any way deformed.
Since I obviously need a new cover, I attacked it with a brand-new cold chisel, but after 20 minutes of careful pounding I'd made no progress.
I assume my next step is to remove the whole alternator cover, after draining the new oil I just put in.
Or, does anyone have a better idea.
I sure hope the valves are out of spec, but I bet they aren't.
Ken
As a fine American, I decided to get a bigger wrench, so I attacked it with a 1/2 inch ratchet; still no luck. Next I used a piece of 3/4 inch water pipe as a cheater. Something moved, but it was the whole center of the cover. It didn't just round off the edges, but instead twisted out the middle, and left the hex wrench still imbedded in what was once the center of the cover. The female section where you insert the hex wrench is easily removed from the wrench, and is not in any way deformed.
Since I obviously need a new cover, I attacked it with a brand-new cold chisel, but after 20 minutes of careful pounding I'd made no progress.
I assume my next step is to remove the whole alternator cover, after draining the new oil I just put in.
Or, does anyone have a better idea.
I sure hope the valves are out of spec, but I bet they aren't.
Ken