95 Engine wont spin....HELP!!!
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Alright guys, I have pulled all 6 spark plugs and have dropped the starter. I still cannnot turn the motor over by hand. When I was wrenching on the crank I went backwards and it felt like it was losening and when i went forward it felt like it was tightening. I didnt give to much pressure forward caused it felt like I could snap the little 1/2 bolt. Any ideas, I was thinking of oiling it down for a couple of days just so I know that its nice and lubricated. Not sure where else to go with this.....
Do you think I'm better off to make a rig that will put pressure on all three bolts of the harmonic balancer and weld a nut in the center and wrench on that?
Do you think I'm better off to make a rig that will put pressure on all three bolts of the harmonic balancer and weld a nut in the center and wrench on that?
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Forcing it like that is only going to end up doing more harm then good.
With the plugs out and the starter binding possibility eliminated the engine should normally spin without any real effort at all. Since it doesn't then you are going to have to find out why the engine has seized up on you. With the plugs out it pretty much eliminates fluid in a cylinder as a probable cause.
Your next step is to pull the distributor and see if for some reason that is binding and causing the lockup.
I know that you said that every nut and bolt was accounted for.
But what about tools?
A 10mm socket falling unnoticed into the intake perhaps? A washer falling down into the distributor hole maybe?
You need to be certain because this sounds like something is physically jammed somewhere inside the engine. If it had locked up because of all the coolant ect in the cylinders it likely wouldn't have spun at all initially.
With the plugs out and the starter binding possibility eliminated the engine should normally spin without any real effort at all. Since it doesn't then you are going to have to find out why the engine has seized up on you. With the plugs out it pretty much eliminates fluid in a cylinder as a probable cause.
Your next step is to pull the distributor and see if for some reason that is binding and causing the lockup.
I know that you said that every nut and bolt was accounted for.
But what about tools?
A 10mm socket falling unnoticed into the intake perhaps? A washer falling down into the distributor hole maybe?
You need to be certain because this sounds like something is physically jammed somewhere inside the engine. If it had locked up because of all the coolant ect in the cylinders it likely wouldn't have spun at all initially.
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Forcing it like that is only going to end up doing more harm then good.
With the plugs out and the starter binding possibility eliminated the engine should normally spin without any real effort at all. Since it doesn't then you are going to have to find out why the engine has seized up on you. With the plugs out it pretty much eliminates fluid in a cylinder as a probable cause.
Your next step is to pull the distributor and see if for some reason that is binding and causing the lockup.
I know that you said that every nut and bolt was accounted for.
But what about tools?
A 10mm socket falling unnoticed into the intake perhaps? A washer falling down into the distributor hole maybe?
You need to be certain because this sounds like something is physically jammed somewhere inside the engine. If it had locked up because of all the coolant ect in the cylinders it likely wouldn't have spun at all initially.
With the plugs out and the starter binding possibility eliminated the engine should normally spin without any real effort at all. Since it doesn't then you are going to have to find out why the engine has seized up on you. With the plugs out it pretty much eliminates fluid in a cylinder as a probable cause.
Your next step is to pull the distributor and see if for some reason that is binding and causing the lockup.
I know that you said that every nut and bolt was accounted for.
But what about tools?
A 10mm socket falling unnoticed into the intake perhaps? A washer falling down into the distributor hole maybe?
You need to be certain because this sounds like something is physically jammed somewhere inside the engine. If it had locked up because of all the coolant ect in the cylinders it likely wouldn't have spun at all initially.
A mechanical block - socket, bolt, would not tighten slowly, at least not without some kind of grind.
OP - did it 'tighten' differently from plugs in, and plugs out?
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I've learned the hard way over the years that it is easier to just say it when it comes to these kinds of things. Better to ignore the potential eye rolls then it is to spend hours later trying to figure out why something that always worked for you didn't work for the other person. 
waaaaay too late to be pulling that line, with all the input you've put up around the forum.
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Alright sorry about the delay. I removed the damper and made up a plate with a welded nut so I could spin the motor backwards. We'll nothing moved just flexed the 1/2" breaker bar. Any possibility that something might be caught in the fly wheel.?? Any ideas where to go next?
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