streetraceboi
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- Sep 4, 2002
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San Antonio,
Texas
Im going to try to make this as brief as possible. Im working on a guys car. He brought it to me because the last guy who was working on it kept giving him the run around on the car and never completed it, so he got it back from him and now I have it. Its a 95 gst with a 6 bolt swap. The guy who had it before me put the motor in just head, block, and trans. No timing components, intake manifold, turbo, etc. I did all the rest of the swap, all the timing assembly, wiring, etc. Go to crank it, and the tard who worked on it before me put an awd flywheel instead of a fwd flywheel. So I replaced that. Its also a non-turbo block with turbo internals from what I can tell.
Now here is where im stuck. I go to crank the car and it cranks, but doesnt start. So I keep trouble shooting and cranking every now and then to try to get it to run. It had a slow crank even with a new battery. I notice light smoke coming from the starter area, so I stop and let it sit thinking maybe im killing the starter somehow from cranking too much. I go to crank it again and its locked. Starter just clicks out but doesnt turn the motor. Go to turn it by hand and it doesnt budge. Thing is locked...
Now my question is, can the motor seize up by itself like that without actually not being run? Im thinking the guy bought a dud motor from the start, and was gonna knock its life away if it did ever get to start. Motor did seem to drag upon cranking from the beginning. Any input would be greatly appreciated...
Now here is where im stuck. I go to crank the car and it cranks, but doesnt start. So I keep trouble shooting and cranking every now and then to try to get it to run. It had a slow crank even with a new battery. I notice light smoke coming from the starter area, so I stop and let it sit thinking maybe im killing the starter somehow from cranking too much. I go to crank it again and its locked. Starter just clicks out but doesnt turn the motor. Go to turn it by hand and it doesnt budge. Thing is locked...
Now my question is, can the motor seize up by itself like that without actually not being run? Im thinking the guy bought a dud motor from the start, and was gonna knock its life away if it did ever get to start. Motor did seem to drag upon cranking from the beginning. Any input would be greatly appreciated...