greg75vette
The Traffic Baron
'75 L-48
Hey guys. I had an interesting problem Friday evening when I was leaving work. My car wouldn't start, however, I could hear the starter spinning. My initial thought was my solenoid was stuck, so I immediately pulled out my tool kit and took my 3/4 wrench (no hammer in kit, working on that) and began to bag on the solenoid and cast iron mounting the solenoid to the starter gear. Never got it to work.
On one of these attempts to turn the engine over, I thought I heard the solenoid clicking, then starter gear turning.
I knew I had two nasty starts within the past month or so where I turned the starter before engine completely stopped resulting in a nice grind.
So I thought maybe flywheel stopped to where some missing teeth were at the starter. Now I needed to turn the engine just enough to get some fresh teeth. The parking spot I was in had a slight slope to the rear of the car. I put the car in reverse, held the clutch with my right foot, had the key on lock so the engine wouldn't start, then let the car roll back while I helped push with my left leg. I had a decent roll so I dumped the clutch and the car came to an abrupt stop. I then gave a little gas to the engine, pushed in the clutch with the proper foot and turned the key. She started like nothing ever happened.
I've started her about 5 to 6 times since then and have had no problems.
So the first question is, was my guess right? Am I missing teeth in my flywheel?
Second, what do I do now? Should I replace my flywheel or chance it? I'm really not looking forward into putting anymore money into this engine/tranny because I plan on swapping both out. I also realize that it is no small task getting the transmission out.
What are your opinions guys?
Hey guys. I had an interesting problem Friday evening when I was leaving work. My car wouldn't start, however, I could hear the starter spinning. My initial thought was my solenoid was stuck, so I immediately pulled out my tool kit and took my 3/4 wrench (no hammer in kit, working on that) and began to bag on the solenoid and cast iron mounting the solenoid to the starter gear. Never got it to work.
On one of these attempts to turn the engine over, I thought I heard the solenoid clicking, then starter gear turning.
I knew I had two nasty starts within the past month or so where I turned the starter before engine completely stopped resulting in a nice grind.
So I thought maybe flywheel stopped to where some missing teeth were at the starter. Now I needed to turn the engine just enough to get some fresh teeth. The parking spot I was in had a slight slope to the rear of the car. I put the car in reverse, held the clutch with my right foot, had the key on lock so the engine wouldn't start, then let the car roll back while I helped push with my left leg. I had a decent roll so I dumped the clutch and the car came to an abrupt stop. I then gave a little gas to the engine, pushed in the clutch with the proper foot and turned the key. She started like nothing ever happened.
I've started her about 5 to 6 times since then and have had no problems.
So the first question is, was my guess right? Am I missing teeth in my flywheel?
Second, what do I do now? Should I replace my flywheel or chance it? I'm really not looking forward into putting anymore money into this engine/tranny because I plan on swapping both out. I also realize that it is no small task getting the transmission out.
What are your opinions guys?