Re: My Turn: Engine Seized?

Putting this reply back to the list so everyone interested can see:

Yes. Here's the process:


Engine and tranny are out of the car.
I put the tq onto the input shaft of the tranny
I mated the tranny to the engine, whilst simultaneously sliding the tq studs
through the holes In the flexplate.
I then put enough (but not all) the tranny bolts in to fully mate the engine
and transmission.
I then turned the motor over slowly to expose each tq stud so that I could
put the nuts on. I installed all 4 nuts. I turned the engine one moer
complete revolution to check them all.
I then installed the starter.
We then put the engine/tranny combo into the car.


I did not try to turn the engine over again until the engine was fully
installed and ready to test-fire.


On 7/14/10 9:34 PM, "derf" <derf247@???> wrote:

> So, it turned after the motor/tranny bolts were tightened?
> If so you need to pull the starter all the way off. Loosening the
> bolts might not be good enough if the bendix is stuck to the
> flexplate.
>
> Something is missing. More information is needed. Did you bolt the
> tranny to the motor and then install them together?
> Or, did you install the tranny with the motor in place?