Im trying to bolt flywheel to torque converter and the engine will not hand crank. Tryed A prybar on front pully..
O ya i just rebuilt the engine, so new bearings and rings.
Is it as dumb as to much torque on bearings?

EDIT: I got the rebuild halfway done. I took the motor apart and put it all together. The camshaft bearing caps were not in anytime of order so I made sure they were facing the right way but like I said they are all mixed up same with the conecting rob bearing caps. All new bearings,seals and rings. Im really stuck right now. Maby I need to Take it out of the truck and loosen the torque on the bearings. Im at A loss.
Thanks.

 

did you try turning the engine before you put it into truck?

 

Not really, I got some editing to do to my post. Any help will be awsome

 

Well assuming you built the motor right. Make sure you only turn it clockwise (as your looking from the front of the motor) as so try taking any belts off so your not wasting your energy on things you don't need to. Last thing use a breaker bar and socket and turn on the main crankshaft to get the most power wherr you want it.
just wondering whats the compression ratio of the new motor? If its kinda high try pulling the spark plugs so your not fighting air.

 

The motor has no extras on it just the pully. I tryed A breaker on the pully, Also im scard to turn with the bolt because it might break than im f***ed. Also I sure I put it together right. First motor rebuild..... But regardless its all there right. Minus the order of the bearing caps.

EDIT: Do not know the compression ratio.

 

Droped the motor and took off the oil pan and im trying to take off all bearings and retorque. I really need A space gauge.

 

Start over. Make absolutely sure you are using the right size bearings.

My first rebuild was just hard to turn but turned. It went about 300 miles and seemed to run good then broke a rod. Fortunately in the first mile of a 200 mile road trip

You're lucky too.

 

Thanks. I pulled it and now halfway into rebuild #2. Wish me luck

 

sometimes also if the torque converter isnt engaged all the way back in the transmission it might cause resistance in the engine if it smashed against it.

but yeah turning the crank you should be able to to do with just your regular sized 1/2 inch wrench. i put a transmission in a v8 dodge yesterday and had no problems.

if any of those bearings are to tight itll cause the engine not to turn. i replaced bearings on one rod on my first truck and went one size to small and seized the engine lol. just had to drop the pan again and go another size down

 

So I figured out the problem. The pistons are binding. I took them out and tryed each in A cylinder and 3 fit and the fourth is binding in all 3 remaning holes? Any advise?