Sounds like the last thing you did was install the starter. Have you tried removing it?
Sam On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Chad J. Douglas <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<[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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >
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