Crankshaft Retaining Tool

[dibbons]

I often struggle trying to keep the motor from turning over (torquing crank bolt, flywheel, flex plate) by sticking a bar or large screwdriver in places they don't belong. I had my local fabricator/welder make me up a tool to take care of that task for me under most circumstances. However, when I got the tool home, I found we forgot all about providing a hole so I can tighten the crank bolt to specs (see photo #1). The remedy will be to cut out a 2 1/2" hole in the tool (should work better with that modification) (see photos #2 & #3).

 

[Dana67Dart]

Rope trick.

Pick a cyl pull the spark plug

find tdc on that cyl

Back off 1/4 turn

Feed cotton cord into the cyl

Rotate back toward tdc.


Cyl compressed the rope.

Engine no longer turns over

 

[Garrett Ellison]

I made one out of piece of scrap 3 inch angle iron that I cut a notch out of for a crank socket and welded a flat bar to. It's crude, primitive, catches three balancer bolts, and is about as pretty as a mud fence. But it works!

 

[Inertia]

I made this to hold pinion yokes in car, but found it works well on the vibration damper to hold the crank.
Hope it helps .

https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/attachments/p1010040-jpg.1714623613/

 

[pishta]

I put a deep socket in one of the balance holes and run the crank until it hits the block. Doesn't help with the pan on.

 

[dibbons]

Here is the Mopar output shaft tool (looks similar to tool photo in post #4):