A Little Story about a crank bolt

[abhattan]

I was replacing a timing belt on a Honda Accord when I couldn't get the crank bolt out. This is a common issue with Honda motors. And the compressor I have doesn't help. I tried 3 different guns and tried to jam the cam. The belt eventually broke and the bottom end was free. We even tried to jam the flywheel with a prybar and couldn't do it. We aren't the biggest people. So we took out the spark plugs, filled the cylinders with water, and removed the cam so all of the valves are closed. Then we attached the breaker bar to the socket with a decent size extension and turned. The crank only turned about a quarter of an inch if that and the bolt was loosened. So just incase you ever in a position where you can't get your crank bolt out. You can use water! Oh, the Honda engines rotate counterclockwise, same direction the bolt is being turned while trying to be loosened. So we could do the lock it with breaker bar and key the engine.