Turn over 240z engine on engine stand.

[rickstar]

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

[WDILL]

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 .

[grantf]

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.

[WDILL]

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.