Status update:
First, thanks for those of you with suggestions - hell, Don called and
worked with me (which I know must test his patience :-) - thanks Don - if I
were a women, I'd talk about knight in shining armor and all - instead I'll
just scratch myself and offer you a beer....
Here's what I've done so far:
Drained the oil....nice and clean
Took down the oil pan - little bit of flakes - nothing major - enough to
dust the tip of a finger
Took off right side cover - tried to turn crank with socket - notta - won't
budge a microinch.
Dis-engaged the started from the flywheel and tested it - spun no problem.
I can turn the rear wheel by hand with what-ever-the-hell that wheel
directly behind the crank shaft on the right side is called.
I looked up underneath on the bottom end of the engine - looks perfect -
nothing is broken, cracked or anything.
Took the plug out - little hot (because I STILL haven't fixed my carb
problem) but no mechanical damage.
Looked down into the cylinder as best I could and didn't see anything
unusual.
I'm trying to figure out where the timing chain resides on the top...I can
see it from the bottom - but barely - but looks nominal.
And here's the actual events (re-created for TV) of the deal.....
Battery has been a pain in the ass since the day I got it...needs
re-charging on occasion.....
I go into work in the morning - running no problems.
Coming home, right as I leave the office - it acts like it's running out of
gas - that hesistation kinda of thing.
I get up the road and it dies - completely....can't get console lights on
etc. completely dead.
Tow it home, charge the battery - which took a large drain on the charger -
and it starts to crank......
Acts like it's going to start, then goes *CLANG* - not a backfire, but a
metal on metal sound...even my wife says "that didn't sound good".
Then on out, nothing will budge - new battery - fully charged overnight -
just clicks.
That's the deal.
Here's the other thing, I've worked on car engines as a kid and know my way
around them, but I have no manual for this guy. So, I'm guessing at most of
what I'm doing - a long time ago, Bob or Ted had told me on a ride where I
could get one of these manuals- I'd love to know that again.
Last deal, and this may sound desparate....but if this is a major repair,
I'd rather look at dumping a little extra $$ and getting something a little
special like that PCW 1500 or something?
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