Ditch Witch engine locked?

[Sasquatch4100]

You have a picture of this beast?

 

[Fixemall]

Okay, whatever. :laughing:

I started my mechanic career at 15 in a salvage yard, over the last 35 years I have worked on hundreds locked up engines, my methods might not be the best but they work.

 

[Bob Rooks]

I started my mechanic career at 15 in a salvage yard, over the last 35 years I have worked on hundreds locked up engines, my methods might not be the best but they work.

My father owned a garage when I was born. Later, during WWll he worked as a mechanic for Greyhound Lines in their San Fransisco shops (when they were still using the inline-8 gas engines.), and my two uncles ran a salvage yard, which I played in.
I was a heavy duty mechanic for many years, working for IHC, Caterpillar, and PACCAR at their R&D center. I have attended many trade and vocational schools for heavy machinery, and eventually became a licensed marine engineer. I have studied lubrication engineering as part of my ongoing education as a chief engineer, and have encountered more "wives tales" about all forms of "fixes" than you can shake a stick at. Using ATF as a flushing agent is just throwing money away (it has zero detergent properties) when you could just as easily used 10w detergent motor oil (cheaper).
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