I have a 240z engine that has been on a engine stand in my garage for years. I was wondering how to manually turn the crank to see if it was seized or not. I tryed grabbing the crank pulley and turning it by hand and it would not budge. So I put a socket on the pulley crank bolt and try to turn it, same thing it would not budge. Any ideas? Thanks, Rick

Try "search". There have been several threads on turning over an engine that has sat for a while. I placed most of the info in a MS Word document and will try to find it and paste it here for you .

Pull the plugs yet? and I have heard ATF fluid and let it soak for a while. I am sure other people know more than I on this one.

I could not find my MS Word file but do have references for the threads containing the info. Try to search on each of the following: "Waking the sleeping beast", "Engine Storage", "Couple questions related to storage", "Turning over 240Z engine". I believe a couple of these threads reference other threads that maybe helpful.