Its got to be the transmission. Sounds like its time to pull the engine again... If you're still at it Tuesday, I can come over and heckle....
Ken On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Chad J. Douglas <[email protected]>wrote: > Crappity crap crap crap. > > There's nothing under the valve cover, and it's not anything to do with the > cams, since I can turn the cams with a wrench until I take up the slack in > the timing chain. And I found nothing up there. > > I removed the lower starter bolt and was able to loosen the upper one (it's > REALLY tight in there!) and I can move the starter..it's no longer firmly > fixed to the engine. So, I tried to make the engine turn but levering the > teeth on the flexplate via the inspection hole.. I figure if the starter > was > causing the bind, and since the starter was now loose, I would be able to > see the starter move somewhat and get a small amount of engine movement. > > Nope. Nothing. Still like the engine is welded. I can only assume that > somehow the transmission/torque converter is holding the engine...and that > this must've occurred while the engine / tranny combo was being installed > somehow. > > Any ideas? Is the torque converter on the NC a lockup converter, and could > the lockup be locked and somehow the transmission be locked? I'm stumped, > and my next course of action would be to remove the engine and tranny combo > again to get better access to everything, but that's a lot of labor...so > I'm > looking for any other ideas for things that can be done with the engine > still in the car to free it. > > I even tried putting a ratchet with a cheater bar on the crank bolt and > tried to turn it backward a little to "free" whatever was locking it, and > only succeeded in loosening the crank bolt! So, I re-tightened the crank > bolt using the same method. > > Something's got the engine held fast. > > > On 7/14/10 2:09 PM, "Chad Douglas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, we'll see soon enough. > > > > Steph--call me this evening when you get a few minutes. > > > > --------------------------- > > Chad Douglas > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jul 14, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Stephanie Turner < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Starter for the MT and AT should be the same. > >> > >> Stephanie > >> > >> BEGi / Bell Engineering > >> Phone: 830.438.2890 > >> Fax: 830.438.8361 > >> www.bellengineering.net > >> > >> Please include all previous correspondence when replying to an e-mail. > >> Prices quoted are good for 30 days. > >> > >> Sign up for our Email Newsletter > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: derf [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:23 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: My Turn: Engine Seized? > >> > >> The starter bendix might be jammed. Is the starter the same for > >> manual and auto cars? > >> I'd pull the starter and plugs and see if it turns by hand. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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