I got the engine to bar over by making another tool to assist me
This morning I went out and hit it with my big impact There was more movement but I didn't want to waste the whole day and a lot of gasoline running my compressor so after cutting out a crude hammer wrench a few swings of a 12 lb'er and I had it moving somewhat freely. One down side to this build though is probably the reason I got the engine for $30.00 only 3 of the pistons go up and down #3 is up on TDC and does not move, indicating a sepperation between connecting rod and crankshaft. OH!WELL! that's life.
I was thinking I might use the connecting rods from a diesel anyway for the compressor part the ones I have located are .500" longer which will bring the pistons to within .100" of the head then it will be a matter of filling the cavity in the crown of the piston no valve relief will be required. I know I will have to do extensive reconfiguration of the balancing of the engine anyway since the compressor will compress on each stroke.
At any rate the engine is free enough to turn by hand now so since we are trying to move our stuff this was 1 of those projects that I wanted to ascertain the general condition of it before loading it for the move.
Had it already been bored to .040 or more over it would have gone to the scrap yard.
nI checked the cylinder bores and it has not been previously bored which is a good sign