Did you do any searching at all on this subject? Cause the answer is out there.
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All I get is put the car in fifth and done.

Keep searching.
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Thanks man

https://www.miataturbo.net/engine-performance-56/99-nb-crank-shaft-pulley-bolt-help-48056/
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I bought rennenmetal's

I may not have read this, but did you try the starter method? Or is your engine out of the car.

No I didnt. I was reading up on that, and somewhere it say you could fry your coils by not unplugging the CAS, or something like it. I figure even if I do that Im gonna have issues torquing it back up to spec, so i got the tool. How do you exactly "bump the starter" anyway?

Put the socket and breaker bar on the pulley bolt. Put a long piece of pipe on the breaker bar, so it touches the ground barely. Put the car in neutral, and turn the key. It is very important to make sure it's on the correct side, or it'll fly the ~270 degrees around, damaging everything in it's path.

If the engine is coming out, you can put a piece of pipe between two flywheel bolts and have someone hold it while your torque the front pulley.

Will try that tomorrow, thanks. Hopefully I can have the head cleaned by next weekend so that I can start putting shit together

I know I'm riding ya alittle hard on this crank thing but I hope you get it done and everything works out. So what's the plan? What are you replacing right now?

No meng, I like it rough ;). You motherfuckers had thought to ignore the interwebz. Is all good.

The plan is to remove the head. Send it to be cleaned, replaced the seals..ect. Then replace the headgasket, wp. tb, and seals. Finally assemble this bitch and boost till it breaks, hopefully it wont be right away :ugh:

Im skipping the built block. After seeing Jared shenanigans I rather chill for now, also shops around here charge a kidney and a leg to assemble shit. Like I said hopefully once Im done with this part the engine holds till I can feel comfortable putting a short-block together.

It's not that bad building the engine. I did mine by myself with no engine stand and a fucked up ankle

I just dont feel comfortable yet. Also I dont have the work space. I do all my work in a parking spot in front of my house; by doing so I have to take shit from the parents and from the association. So I'll probably consider the built later, when I dont have tuition coming up and with a spare block.

All very good points

So wtf?? is there a special tool to remove the caps to the head studs?

A dildo.

What? They're bolts dude.
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NVM I need a 12mm 12 point socket.I thought they were studs :ugh: I tried the dildo, but it was too flaccid besides I need it for later on ;)

12 pt 12 millimeter head, bro.
Building an engine is easy... just take it one step at a time and make sure you remember what you did.

edit: nvm I'm slow.