You are misinformed. You can turn the engine with all four wheels down, just put the parking brake on and shift the trans out of park. The torque converter is driven by the engine and will slip very easily when turning the crank with a wrench (or a pry bar on the toothed starter ring)
Depending on the compression stroke, you may find that you can never hit the starter and get the drain plug to stop at the bottom. Or it may stop on the bottom the very first try.
jim in Phoenix
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Originally Posted by blau
To drain the torque converter the drain plug must be in the down position. To get the drain plug in the down position the conventional way is to turn the crank shaft while the wheels are off the ground.
Can you jog the engin to get the torque converter plug to the down position. Has anyone tried??? this method??? The reason I want to avoid the convention way is that I don't have a method to lift all 4 wheels on my ml.
thanks
blau
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