...while on an engine stand?

Starting to reassemble my engine and wondering if there is a specific or generic tool people have used to lock the flywheel to torque the dampener bolt - or what have others done?

 

Stick a socket extension in the torque converter access hole.

 

You may want to wait until the engine is back in for that. As Extinct says, you can stick a socket extension in the adapter plate that attaches to the the torque converter to the crank but that thing is kind of thin, and if it's not on in the first place....

 

Oh, missed it was on the stand. Just put some silicone on the threads and use a few light impacts with an impact wrench. It does not need to be torqued. The direction of engine rotation keeps it from coming undone.

 

Thanks!

Build pics soon.

 

For any engine a good way to chalk any engine that wont damage anything is recoil rope. Put the piston (any piston) at bottom dead center (compression stroke on 4 strokes so A valve doesn't grab the rope). Fill it with enough rope to stop the piston. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, boat motors, etc.


Now you can use a torque wrench on flywheel/flex plate/crank bolts to get proper torque and for me some loctite.

 

Just did this myself. Screwed in a few flex plate bolts and carefully wedged in long pry bar against your stand. Didn’t have any slipping or movement.

 

That's a good idea. Took me a few minutes (days apparently) to wrap my head around what you meant but a few bolts threaded into the back of the crank can be "locked up" with a prybar against the stand's mounting arms.

 

Lol….sorry should have been more detailed..or took pic