05-23-2015, 12:12 PM
Well, after a horrible 2-week bout of pneumonia/bronchitis/sinusitis since I last posted, still feeling it, I got that sucker out finally, tonight. Not out from under yet, but lowered down to stage one (have to support, then lower the jack, to get to ground still).
What it took to get it out was an hour of sliding it all the way back in, then slamming back out as best I could by pushing on the jack support underneath, while a friend pulled on a rope from the back. We got 1/16" each cycle, and finally, lowering it some more, little push on the engine, thar it went. So I think (maybe) the splines were locked with gunk, and each push-pull let that get chiseled off, or I just had a seriously bad alignment problem, but it wasn't all that
What it took to get it out was an hour of sliding it all the way back in, then slamming back out as best I could by pushing on the jack support underneath, while a friend pulled on a rope from the back. We got 1/16" each cycle, and finally, lowering it some more, little push on the engine, thar it went. So I think (maybe) the splines were locked with gunk, and each push-pull let that get chiseled off, or I just had a seriously bad alignment problem, but it wasn't all that