Can you say "Hydro-lock?"
09-01-2006, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 86SR522REEFI
lol. id do it for a case of bud light.
09-03-2006, 10:03 AM
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well.... Here's my guess.
If you can't turn the crank with all the plugs out and the vehicle in neutral... then one of the pistons is jamming in the cylinder because you either bent the rod... or the tweaked the piston sideways (due to water being only on one side of it... ie due to gravity and the angle of the cylinders) that it is now jammed into the cylinder wall... that would be my guess anyway. If I was doing this... here would be my options:
1: Find a motor on craigslist (I bought mine for $300 complete... but needed rebuild) and rebuild it and swap em.
2: Try to rebuild your motor. You might get lucky in that since you were just using the starter it might not have had sufficient strength to do a lot of damage and all you need to do is buy a few new parts and you're done. Else, you could take it to a machine shop to re-sleeve the motor and make sure nothings cracked, etc.
Personally I'd go for 1... as there's too many "if's" with you motor.
Hope this helps
If you can't turn the crank with all the plugs out and the vehicle in neutral... then one of the pistons is jamming in the cylinder because you either bent the rod... or the tweaked the piston sideways (due to water being only on one side of it... ie due to gravity and the angle of the cylinders) that it is now jammed into the cylinder wall... that would be my guess anyway. If I was doing this... here would be my options:
1: Find a motor on craigslist (I bought mine for $300 complete... but needed rebuild) and rebuild it and swap em.
2: Try to rebuild your motor. You might get lucky in that since you were just using the starter it might not have had sufficient strength to do a lot of damage and all you need to do is buy a few new parts and you're done. Else, you could take it to a machine shop to re-sleeve the motor and make sure nothings cracked, etc.
Personally I'd go for 1... as there's too many "if's" with you motor.
Hope this helps
09-03-2006, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by tlrider
1: Find a motor on craigslist (I bought mine for $300 complete... but needed rebuild) and rebuild it and swap em.
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