No, I meant is one engine from an automatic car and one from a stick?
Bill Cardell
TurboDog's Dad
Flyin' Miata
1-800-359-6967 (sales)
970-464-5600 (tech support)
www.flyinmiata.com
www.fmwestfield.com
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From: Chad J. Douglas [mailto:chad@???]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 6:30 AM
To: Bill Cardell
Cc: miatapower@???
Subject: Re: My Turn: Engine Seized?
Nope. Dropped it right in
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Chad Douglas
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:53 AM, Bill Cardell <Bill@???> wrote:
Wild guess, as I don't know, but maybe different crank for auto
and stick cars? Are you mixing?
Bill Cardell
TurboDog's Dad
Flyin' Miata
1-800-359-6967 (sales)
970-464-5600 (tech support)
www.flyinmiata.com
www.fmwestfield.com
________________________________
From: miatapower-bounces@???
[mailto:miatapower-bounces@???] On Behalf Of Chad J. Douglas
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:16 PM
To: <mailto:miatapower@???> miatapower@???
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?
No, I meant is one engine from an automatic car and one
from a stick?
Bill Cardell TurboDog's Dad Flyin' Miata 1-800-359-6967 (sales)
970-464-5600 (tech
support)
www.flyinmiata.com www.fmwestfield.com
From: Chad J. Douglas
[mailto:chad@???] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 6:30
AMTo: Bill CardellCc:
miatapower@???Subject: Re: My Turn: Engine
Seized?
Nope. Dropped it right in---------------------------
Chad Douglas
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:53 AM, Bill Cardell <Bill@???>
wrote:
Wild guess, as I don't know, but maybe different crank
for auto and stick cars? Are you mixing?
Bill Cardell
TurboDog's Dad
Flyin' Miata
1-800-359-6967
(sales) 970-464-5600 (tech support)
www.flyinmiata.com
www.fmwestfield.com
From: miatapower-bounces@???
[mailto:miatapower-bounces@???] On Behalf Of Chad J.
DouglasSent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:16 PMTo: miatapower@???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?
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