102 replies to this topic

[Nick Warwick]

Engine is out of the car, if i rotate the fly everything in the housing moves freely 

[KernowCooper]

Is the locator behind the locking bolt engarged into the crank nose and the flywheel boss correctly?

[MIGLIACARS]

Are all the pistons moving up and down

[minimadles]

Forget the flywheel for the moment if the engine won't turn over with a spanner on the front pulley bolt it needs pulling apart it find out what the problem is

[Nick Warwick]

Is the locator behind the locking bolt engarged into the crank nose and the flywheel boss correctly?

Not sure on this, never done any work with the flywheel end.

 

 

Are all the pistons moving up and down

No pistons move.

 

Forget the flywheel for the moment if the engine won't turn over with a spanner on the front pulley bolt it needs pulling apart it find out what the problem is

I will drop the gearbox off soon to check the crank.

[Yoda]

Is it the photo or is the lower sprocket woodruff slot enlongated clockwise ?

 

At last someone spelt it right LOL

 

minimadles, on 24 Sept 2013 - 09:22 AM, said:

Forget the flywheel for the moment if the engine won't turn over with a spanner on the front pulley bolt it needs pulling apart it find out what the problem is

 

Absololutely!

 

Start again from scratch, or you may regret not doing so later, Probably not much later either!!!!!!!

Edited by Yoda, 24 September 2013 - 10:00 AM.

[KernowCooper]

I'd be having the clutch and flywheel off which you need to do anyway to get the box off and see why the flywheels turning but nothing at the other end like the crank pulley, if its all good there then when the box comes off something will be obvious.

[Nick Warwick]

 

Is it the photo or is the lower sprocket woodruff slot enlongated clockwise ?

 

At last someone spelt it right LOL

 

 

 

Didn't really want to be doing all this but like you said better now rather than later 

[Nick Warwick]

Well turn of events!

 

I brimmed the engine with oil at the weekend with hope that it was a little dry. Looks like it was very dry.

 

Plucked up the guts to use a 5ft bar for more leverage on the crank nut and thank god it didn't snap the bolt! movement came back slowly.
Eventually the flywheel started to move with the crank, although i did find that if i move the flywheel it still doesn't move the crank pulley. Would this mean the flywheel keyway is broken?

 

All 4 pistons move by the way

 

Thanks for all the help so far guys.

[DannyTip]

Your flywheel isn't connected to the crank properly.  You need to remove the flywheel cover and flywheel and investigate whats going on.

 

The flywheel sits on a taper as well as having a keyway plate like so: http://www.minispare...gs/DAM5923.aspx

 

Id still be worried if the engine took that much force to turn over.  Has it been standing a long time?

Edited by DannyTip, 24 September 2013 - 05:05 PM.

[Nick Warwick]

It has been stood for maybe 4 months without any oil, thats why i filled it up in the hope it would lube it up.

 

Just need to get a decent flywheel puller now, whats decent?

[minimadles]

If the flywheel is rotating without turning the engine I doubt you will need a puller it will prob just fall off once you remove the retaining bolt

[minimadles]

Of you used a 5ft bar and used about 20lb of force to turn the engine that is 100 flb of torque to turn engine you need to strip the engine and see what's going on at least then you will know fully what you have to deal with.

[Nick Warwick]

I can turn the engine with a large ratchet now, the bar just got it started, slight rust somewhere?

[bpirie1000]

Better knowing now what it was than at the side of the road...

Get it checked...

Or if you have to..put some miles on it close to home....with a mobile in yer pocket...