I've seen guys pry against anything.
I have a full sized Chevy Conversion Van that lost a timing chain while I was doing about 70mph on I-70 about 10 years ago. Of course the valves stopped moving immediately but the pistons didn't. After I coasted to a stop, I got to call a friend and tow it the rest of the way home.
Not having a lot of time and needing it fixed quickly, I sent it to a local garage to have a rebuilt short block installed.
When I got it back, the engine cover didn't seem to fit right so I took it off. One of the morons who worked at the shop had apparently used a pry bar to move the engine for some reason but he had used the sheet metal around the engine cover hole to pry against. Took me half a day with body hammers to straighten up all that sheet metal so that the cover fit back on and sealed.
I have a full sized Chevy Conversion Van that lost a timing chain while I was doing about 70mph on I-70 about 10 years ago. Of course the valves stopped moving immediately but the pistons didn't. After I coasted to a stop, I got to call a friend and tow it the rest of the way home.
Not having a lot of time and needing it fixed quickly, I sent it to a local garage to have a rebuilt short block installed.
When I got it back, the engine cover didn't seem to fit right so I took it off. One of the morons who worked at the shop had apparently used a pry bar to move the engine for some reason but he had used the sheet metal around the engine cover hole to pry against. Took me half a day with body hammers to straighten up all that sheet metal so that the cover fit back on and sealed.