SO, about 4 months ago I moved to my new house and began to repair the dreaded snap ring failure (ohhh ahhh). I ordered a known working 5spd trans and dali clutch for a good price and began the swap. All was fairly straight forward. After about 10 hours, some beers and some curse words the clutch and trans was back in. I went on vacation and resumed the finishing touches. I purchased a new starter and a set of used axles and installed them, and was finally ready to start the car. Here is where i have hit the snag.
The car will not start. The starter is working but cant turn the motor. I adjusted the shifter cables thinking maybe it wasnt all the way in gear, and re-bled the clutch. Still the same issue. Car goes through all the gears fine, and wheels will spin in neutral. After some thought I attempted to turn the crank pulley to align the flywheel with the starter. 1/2 wrench with 3ft breaker bar and it doesnt want to move. Drained the oil to make sure there was no shavings and its clean as I just changed it before I parked it.
Now I am back to trying to figure out where I may have went wrong with the clutch and trans install....
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas here?? MY next step this evening is to pull plugs and put some oil down in the cylinders and pull the starter back out to see if maybe one of those things will allow the motor to turn by hand. IF this doesnt work, the trans is coming back off this weekend for investigation.
The car will not start. The starter is working but cant turn the motor. I adjusted the shifter cables thinking maybe it wasnt all the way in gear, and re-bled the clutch. Still the same issue. Car goes through all the gears fine, and wheels will spin in neutral. After some thought I attempted to turn the crank pulley to align the flywheel with the starter. 1/2 wrench with 3ft breaker bar and it doesnt want to move. Drained the oil to make sure there was no shavings and its clean as I just changed it before I parked it.
Now I am back to trying to figure out where I may have went wrong with the clutch and trans install....
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas here?? MY next step this evening is to pull plugs and put some oil down in the cylinders and pull the starter back out to see if maybe one of those things will allow the motor to turn by hand. IF this doesnt work, the trans is coming back off this weekend for investigation.
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