Hey, brickers. 1990 740 Regina that was a late (RIP Doug) friend's. It had apparently low compression, but I think it's probably not as low as it seems (valve deposits maybe). I already had the parts for this year engine and figured I might as well change them, then try the seafoam trick with the correct timing and then see how the compression values look.

I squared away the "not for fuel injection" fuel line and put proper fuel injection "Barricade" line on the other day, and my garage no longer smells like an open pan of gasoline is sitting in it. I fired the car up with new plugs, and cleaned the IAC (still sticks open, unfortunately). It sounds right now, not crappy, and I can feel some suction on the dipstick tube.

It had OEM belts on it, including the timing belt, but it's cracked all over and the cam seal leaked (and was installed backwards... :S

I got a crank removal tool and got the bolt off incredibly easily. I got the cam seal changed out, but I can-NOT get the harmonic balancer to come loose. It won't even budge.

So far, I've yanked on it, smacked it with various tools, pulled on it and hit it from the side, pulled one side and hit the other, and finally blasted the hell out of the seam where the HB fits onto the shaft with brake cleaner, then some penetrating oil, left it an hour, hit it some more, more brake cleaner, then WD-40 (don't hate - I love it) and called it a night. Maybe it will come loose overnight.

If'n it doesn't come loose overnight, is there a pulley remover that will work and not damage the thing? I'd like to get this done as fast as possible so I can sell the Honda (ick) I've been driving for a few years and just drive this hoopty until my nicer 745T project is fully finished. I might also take this to drive up gravel roads for day trips.

The harmonic balancer has separated, and I cannot get the darn thing to budge even a little bit. This is the kind of time I wish I had a spare brake rotor sitting around to use as a BFH (Large Hammer). The one on my b230ft came off with just my hands tilting it left and right. I'm at my new place and most of my tools are over at my mom's.

Prying seems like a foolish approach, and I guess that this one might be hosed (still works pretty well for now). Any suggestions?

Happy Bricking
Will