...now Ed!
WFO Herb
JustBrits@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/4/99 5:40:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
> racer45@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> Mark (etal):
>
> Is there some reason you can't shorten up your replies to the List?? As
> in what I have done at bottom of this THREE (3) pager???????????????
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> << Subj: Re: My engine won't turn
> Date: 8/4/99 5:40:26 PM Central Daylight Time
> From: racer45@bellsouth.net (Mark Snowdon)
> Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> Reply-to: racer45@bellsouth.net (Mark Snowdon)
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>
> Bob Askew wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone suggest what I might try next. I have mostly re-assembled my
> > '64 MK III Sprite HAN 8 L 39070 following a bare metal restoration. I
> > did not dismantle the engine at all as it had been rebuilt 4,000 miles
> > previously and was running beautifully prior to dismantling. I did
> > disconnect the transmission and replace the clutch.
> >
> > Last weekend having finished wiring in the new harness and charging the
> > battery I turned the key only to have the starter respond with a single
> > "thump". The engine didn't budge a millimeter. I took out the plugs and
> > tried to turn the engine by pushing the car in 4th gear. It seams the
> > pistons are stuck fast. The engine is being rocked on the mounts by the
> > torque but nothing is moving. Over the past week I have been spraying
> > copious amounts of "Liquid Wrench" penetrating fluid into the cylinders
> > to no avail.
> >
> > I have removed the starter to be sure it's not the problem and it has
> > been suggested to me that I try to lever the flywheel by working a
> > crowbar against the ring gear. This sounds a bit iffy to me as I think
> > my minds eye sees a ring gear tooth or two flying around the garage
> > accompanied by somewhat ripe language resulting from the removal of a
> > square inch or two of skin from my knuckles.
> >
> > The engine was out from the car for less than 18 months and stored in my
> > garage with the plugs in.
> >
> > Has anyone else been in this situation or are there any good ideas out
> > there. Thanks
> >
> > Bob Askew
> >
> > robert_askew@bc.sympatico.bc
> I dont know if this is any help, but is there any possibility that the
> bolts you used to put the flywheel on are too long? I have seen
> customers of ours take ford motors that we had run and once they are
> installed in their cars, the motors would be "locked up". This was
> caused by the flywheel bolts jamming into the rear of the engine block.
> I don't know if this is a possibility, but it might be worth trying
> before tearing into the engine.
>
> Good Luck, Mark Snowdon, 109 U-Pull-It Auto Parts, Winston Salem NC
>
>
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> <<> Can anyone suggest what I might try next.>>
> I dont know if this is any help, but is there any possibility that the
> bolts you used to put the flywheel on are too long? I have seen
> customers of ours take ford motors that we had run and once they are
> installed in their cars, the motors would be "locked up". This was
> caused by the flywheel bolts jamming into the rear of the engine block.
> I don't know if this is a possibility, but it might be worth trying
> before tearing into the engine.
>
> Good Luck, Mark Snowdon, 109 U-Pull-It Auto Parts, Winston Salem NC
> ***************************************************
>
> Ed
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