Project - Snail

[flymo]

Originally Posted by plowsie

Not if it is locked via more than one piston maybe?

Nah, if all the spark plugs are out then the cylinders cannot lock it must be elsewhere. Make sure there is venting to the engine block by removing the oil filler cap before attempting to turn the engine.

Engines are fun , think of it like the daily crossword.

Have you had a peek with a torch into the spark plug holes?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by flymo

Would have expected the motor to turn via a socket on the crank Chris with the plugs removed.

Yup, but...

Originally Posted by plowsie

I drained the oil yesterday, would that not have cleared the hydrolock?

Have you pulled the plugs then?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yup, but...



Have you pulled the plugs then?

Yeah.

Solved I think

Was having a think earlier on, started from my way back and solved it I think, the cog that rotates the shaft that's rotated by the starter, was jammed up against the casing, for some reason it wasn't located where it should be, gonna see if this cures it then if not, move on to other ideas.

[flymo]

Originally Posted by plowsie

Solved I think

Was having a think earlier on, started from my way back and solved it I think, the cog that rotates the shaft that's rotated by the starter, was jammed up against the casing, for some reason it wasn't located where it should be, gonna see if this cures it then if not, move on to other ideas.

Sounds likely. How come it came loose? Is it held on by a circlip or something that may have come off?

Once thats sorted try everything by hand with a socket on the end of the crank. If it all rotates fairly easily drop the plugs back in and we can proceed

Yeah, rotates say half a turn and then gets stuck again held in by just a pin, starting to think, witht the casing on, how the feck

Grrrrrrrrrrrr, put her all back together, got it topped up with oil, connected the jump leads up to the starter motor as the battery is dead, one turn maybe and kaputt, jammed again

In all the fuss trying to drain the old oil, I overtightened the drain plug being a **** and having the ratchet the wrong way. Doh! I have 2 other pans in the garage so not too much of a problem.

Hang on a minute, am I being a complete idiot here?

The battery is completely fudged, this is a fact. Does this stop the coils doing their job?

If the battery is totalled how are you getting power anyway?

Sorry Plowsie... too thick to make sense of your posts.

Were you saying that the starter goes whizz CLANK?

If so and it's the same sort of starter as the 400 then it could be low battery.

If/ but/ maybe & if you're even taking about starter Motors.

There's a name for that type. Can't remember it. Yorkie Chris can. just string whiz, clank & starter motors into the same sentence.

So far, so useless

EDIT

Originally Posted by plowsie

Had socket on end of crank just now, not budging, broke a ratchet trying, it turns slightly but not very far and not free at all

Ahhhh ignore the above then - if the engine aint turning you don't want to be hitting the starter....