Hand cranking the engine

[7DCUDA383A]

My Cuda has been sitting since Jan 1 , I finally have the oil and trans pan on and lowered it to start on top , I new the 1 cyl. was at top and I wanted to see if it was comp or exhaust so I started to hand crank it clockwise and it did not go far till it stopped , I then went counter clockwise a couple wrech turns and stopped again , not putting pressure on it at all , going slow , I then went back to clockwise motion and nothing happened , free flowing , it has not have oil in it for a month at least , did a valve or something else just get stuck then loosened free , I have 1 cyl. back at top , anything I should do before I do anything else or is it OK now .

 

[pschlosser]

With sparkplugs installed, when a cylinder begins its compression stage, the pressure can feel too large to turn the engine by hand against.

But if you remove the spark plugs, you can place your finger over the sparkplug hole (example of #1 cylinder at driver side power steering pump) and feel when the cylinder is in its compression stage by the sucking sensation on your finger.

 

[7DCUDA383A]

With sparkplugs installed, when a cylinder begins its compression stage, the pressure can feel too large to turn the engine by hand against.

But if you remove the spark plugs, you can place your finger over the sparkplug hole (example of #1 cylinder at driver side power steering pump) and feel when the cylinder is in its compression stage by the sucking sensation on your finger.

Thats what I was doing but when I was cranking the engine with a rachet it stopped like it hit something , I backed it back and did the same , when I went clockwise again it went smooth , so not sure what happened but it moves now .

 

[7DCUDA383A]

Do I need some oil in the spark plug holes or anything since it's been sitting awhile , everything was fine before .