CONFRIMED: The torque converter is on wrong. I still have to pull the engine to correct it.
I got the car a lot higher off the ground and was able to peer through the inspection hole. The nuts on the TC studs are contacting the engine block and the flexplate is bent. This 100% jives with Bill's diagnosis, and also with what I found on ALLDATA. I have a spare flexplate, so there's no harm done... Ahh.. Lessons learned. On 7/16/10 6:42 AM, "Chad Douglas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Subsequent starter attempts give the same loud click, and you can hear the > solenoid move. > > > On 7/15/10 10:34 PM, "derf" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, it is about all I can imagine at this point. >> There was a loud click. >> Maybe the bendix broke and a small part of it wedged between the >> flexplate ring gear and the bellhousing. >> What happened when you tried the starter after the first time? >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Chad J. Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I can't imagine that the bendix wedging into the flexplate would result in >>> an engine that will not move at all. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
