OK. Got motor out, transmission off. It was exactly as Bill said. I owe Bill a Ham Sammich.
Bill, should I send that via Fedex Ground or US Mail? I got the TC reinstalled and it dropped on a LOT further than before. So, now to reverse everything we've done (except for the putting on of the TQ!) On 7/17/10 9:21 AM, "Chad Douglas" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
