Heres why my 302 was siezed up

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  1. newtoford

    newtoford Member

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    if you were paying attention to my other thread...

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  2. maverick1970

    maverick1970 MCG State Rep

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    Glad it was just the starter.
     
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  3. newtoford

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    yahhhhh, very happy about that :)
     
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  4. PaulS

    PaulS Member extrordiare

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    Now you have to figure out what caused it... is it a manual or auto transmission?
    The starters for the autos are a different length than the starters for the manual transmissions.
     
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  5. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Wow, hows the flywheel??
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Damn.
     
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  7. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    I had a strong suspicion that would be the culprit. Guessing the flywheel came out okay? The motor obviously came to an abrupt halt when that happened.
    Dan
     
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    That gotta hurt. I was thinking same thing, wrong starter.
     
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    flywheel's fine. i spun it around, all the teeth look good. i got a cheap pepboys starter now. it is specificaly for an auto but i'll post some pics up just so you guys can double check for me.
     
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    Does the starter match your flywheel? I thought you went with a roller motor and that uses a different tooth flywheel....:burnout:
     
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    its a roller motor but i still had to get a correctly balenced 157T flywheel to use a sbf C4. the block's a '91, the C4 is original to the car with the 250/SB v8 bell bousing
     
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    Do you have a block plate between the engine and transmission?
     
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    So what do I win? :D
     
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    Looks like the thrust washer somehow crawled into the pinion.....
     
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  15. Dan Starnes

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    Jeff asks a critical question.
    Dan
     
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