Big day today, got new battery cables and installed the starter and it finally turns the engine over. Thanks for the advice from Dan to contact the starter repair place. Made sure I had good grounds and what a relief to see it turn over.
Update, I got the new seal and I can turn the engine over by hand with the plugs out with 40 lbs pressure but my starter will not turn the motor over. I think my next move is a gear reduction from kaiser willys.
Ok I think I have it. It's the rear seal took it out and put the race in with out one and it turned freely. Am I safe to get one from KW as ebay ones are too thick and so is a rope.?
Yes I've done that and as I add each part it gets stiffer. The main issue is the valves and cam. Today I'm going to pull the head and remove an exhaust valve and intake vsl e to see if the machinest? reversed the springs.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2024, 1:15?PM John Kohnen <
jkohnen@...> wrote:
The crankshaft should indeed turn easily before the pistons and timing
gear are installed. The main bearing caps aren't interchangeable, and
need to be installed the right way around. Three main bearings? It'd be
hard to mess up that up... <g> But the same is true for the big end
bearings on the rods. A lot easier to mess up.
Did you liberally lubricate all all the bearings, with motor oil or
assembly lube, when you installed them? Likewise the pistons and
cylinder bores.
A properly assembled engine should turn over only a little stiffly at
first. Easily turned with a standard length 1/2 ratchet.
Try disconnecting everything from the crankshaft and make sure it turns
easily. Then connect one thing to the crank and see what happens, then
one more, and so on...
Good luck!
On 3/17/2024 7:47 PM, Jeepman Dan wrote:
> ...
> One is that
> the crankshaft should turn quite easily by hand before the pistons or
> timing gear are added,...
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John <jkohnen@...>
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