I don’t know how long the engine sat before we got it. However, I was able to turn the engine easily just 3 days ago when I mated the tranny.
It mated easily, no prying, no “draw it down with the bolts,” etc. In fact, I was turning the engine after it was mated, because I was tightening the flexplate nuts after it was mated via the hole in the block that the starter uses. As for missing tools....well, my “technique” doesn’t keep an constant inventory of tools. The only thing I can think of is that something got left under the valve cover. If something got under a cam lobe, it could stop the engine. Part of me hopes its that.. Then it will be easy to find. But then there’s the part of me that will have to kick my own ass for leaving something INSIDE an engine. On 7/13/10 9:51 PM, "Ross Kuhns" <[email protected]> wrote: ditto, my first thought - any trouble getting it together? (didn't want to join, had to pry) missing any tools? did this engine also sit for a long time? Ross On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Larry Alster wrote: I’d be looking at the tranny/TQ/flexplate area. Larry Alster 91 Miata White Knight 92 Miata Silver Bullet 92 Miata Honey B 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh 06 WRX STi Subie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chad J. Douglas Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: My Turn: Engine Seized? OK, so I put the new motor into this NC. The motor turned over just fine by hand while I was bolting the torque converter to the flexplate. Then, we installed the engine, and I proceeded to hook everything up. So, tonight, I had it together enough to try to start it (or at least verify that the engine turned, etc), and all I get from the starter is a very definate LOUD CLICK. So I tried jumping it and charging it — no dice. Somehow, the engine is physically locked. I cannot turn the engine from the crank bolt or by gently prying on the flexplate teeth to turn the engine from the back side. Tried with tranny in Park and Neutral, with and without driveshaft, Any ideas? I’m stumped — I have no idea why this NC motor would turn over by hand just a few days ago, and now refuses. It won’t turn either direction, although I didn’t really try that hard to turn it backwards, since I’ve read horror stories about bending valves on this engine if you turn it backwards... But I would have expected it to turn a teeny bit backward, but nothing. It’s like the motor is welded. Tomorrow, I’m going to remove the valve cover to be sure that some tool didn’t get in there when I swapped the VC (god, I hope not!) but it’s the only area of the engine that was exposed that could possible lead to a physical lockup. Aside from that... Any notions? _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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