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Originally Posted by sixto
There's not a lot of force trying to turn the engine. I'll bet if you wedge something between the belt and power steering pulley (both sides), that'll keep the engine from turning.
Sixto
93 300SD
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I would think you are correct. Even jamming the ring gear wouldn't keep it from turning the other way. Also in a case like mine where the compression was REAL low and the compressor was cranked down to, say 50#, I wouldn't think holding the engine from turning would be that difficult. Keeping in mind however that large marine diesels (Atlas, Enterprise) are started with "air" 
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