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Makes sense now. I never considered calling the teeth on a flywheel or flexplate a ring gear but now that you mention it, that is what they're called. Learn something new every day. THanks, Sheen > .........................................................................> With a manual setup, the flywheel has teeth for the starter to engage. On an automatic setup a flex plate/ring gear assembly is used to connect the torque converter to the crankshaft. Either way, you can use the teeth to rotate the crank. If you have the flywheel or a ring gear/flex plate installed, you can use a large screwdriver between the engine stand and the teeth to rotate the crank. They also sell a special tool for this purpose that hooks onto the teeth. If you're able to rotate the engine accurately from the vibration damper end, do it that way. Otherwise, install your flywheel and take advantage of the leverage and grip the teeth provide. I think you will find that using the teeth will afford you greater precision and control than working from the damper end.> > I think you made finding TDC more difficult by getting the digital indicator. It is way faster for the brain to r espond to an analog pointer. I would recommend you exchange it for the dial type if you can. > > Larry _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
