ditto, my first thought - any trouble getting it together? (didn't want to join, had to pry) missing any tools?
did this engine also sit for a long time? Ross On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Larry Alster wrote: > I’d be looking at the tranny/TQ/flexplate area. > > > > > Larry Alster > > 91 Miata White Knight > 92 Miata Silver Bullet > 92 Miata Honey B > 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh > 06 WRX STi Subie > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chad J. Douglas > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:16 PM > To: [email protected] > 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? > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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