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CandiPaint2G	Aug-09-10 10:59 PM
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#131336, "I need a crash course........"

Well I put my engine back together and tried turning her on today with no luck. All I hear is "click" from the engine and seems like the battery dies as the instrument gauge goes dead. I have a brand new battery installed and am now onto looking for blown fuses and such. This is where I need some help understanding how to use this multitmeter that I own and have no idea how to use. Ive looked over the engine bay and havent found any unconnected wires of any sort that I may have missed during the install and seem to have all grounding points connected correctly(my only worry is that I painted the engine bay and wonder if paint is causing bad grounding). I thought for awhile it maybe my Clifford alarm but not to sure thats the problem as im able to arm/disarm, roll windows up/down and pop open my doors(but I have found a wire I think was connected somewhere but not longer connected so im still looking and talking with Clifford techs) maybe an engine disabler of some sort? Anyways, im including a pic of the multimeter im using and anybody with some knowledge of how to or where to start with some possible trouble points would be greatly appreciated.
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CandiPaint2G	Aug-10-10 09:32 AM
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#131337, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Well I went to a buddy's shop this morning and he gave me a small tutorial with the multimeter, came home and checked out a few areas I thought might be the problem. My first concern was the wire running to the starter but it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter so its in good condition. I tried 'jumping' the starter and it just makes a hard click noise so im wondering if the starter is bad or if I may have messed something up during the install and the starter cant turn the engine??? any one have any ideas???

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dalesmitsu	Aug-10-10 11:43 AM
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#131338, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Aug-10-10 11:45 AM by dalesmitsu

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G
Well I went to a buddy's shop this morning and he gave me a small tutorial with the multimeter, came home and checked out a few areas I thought might be the problem. My first concern was the wire running to the starter but it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter so its in good condition. I tried 'jumping' the starter and it just makes a hard click noise so im wondering if the starter is bad or if I may have messed something up during the install and the starter cant turn the engine??? any one have any ideas???

So, it won't pull while testing it out of the car. If it don't pull you should be able it spin, if its slow or none at all, its bad.
Also what the condition of you cables, positive, negative and grounds. If they look bad you might wanna change them.

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CandiPaint2G	Aug-10-10 12:01 PM
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#131339, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Aug-10-10 01:10 PM by CandiPaint2G

Originally posted by dalesmitsu

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G Well I went to a buddy's shop this morning and he gave me a small tutorial with the multimeter, came home and checked out a few areas I thought might be the problem. My first concern was the wire running to the starter but it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter so its in good condition. I tried 'jumping' the starter and it just makes a hard click noise so im wondering if the starter is bad or if I may have messed something up during the install and the starter cant turn the engine??? any one have any ideas???

So, it won't pull while testing it out of the car. If it don't pull you should be able it spin, if its slow or none at all, its bad. Also what the condition of you cables, positive, negative and grounds. If they look bad you might wanna change them.

Im sorry, what do you mean pull?? As far as my cables, I installed a brand new ground cable from the battery terminal to the strut tower bolt. And the cable that runs from the starter to the positive battery post seems to be okay because I checked to see if the currect amount of voltage was reaching the starter and it was. I checked all the grounding points within the egine bay along the firewall and they all seem to be grounded well when checked with the multimeter. So any other suggestions or ideas? This maybe a dumb question but the only thing I dont have currectly connected or filled is the brake fluid resoiver or the exhasut manifold connected with the 02 sensor but I dont think that would cause the engine not to crank over will it? One more thing, should I be able to turn the crank bolt when I disconnect the PS and AC belts? I just really wanna make sure the something is not binding up in the engine and causing the starter not to turn the crank. (thinking back I was able to turn the torque converter as I lined up the holes with flywheel during install so I should be good, right?) However reading other posts I found someone with a similar problem and they mentioned 3 clicks when installing the TC after it has been removed. What is the 3 clicks he is refering to?

EDIt: used remote switch to check starter and gear spins freely

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bullettdsm	Aug-10-10 02:08 PM
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#131340, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Aug-10-10 02:09 PM by bullettdsm

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G
it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter

16 huh? Is there something that you're not telling us? Do you have a 16 volt system in there?

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G
However reading other posts I found someone with a similar problem and they mentioned 3 clicks when installing the TC after it has been removed. What is the 3 clicks he is refering to?

Ruh roh, I smell trouble........

During the install of the TQ converter, you should have put the TQ converter on the input shaft and wiggled/spun it with gentle pressure toward the tranny. You should have heard/felt 3 clicks. That way you would know she is set in place. If she is not all the way on, you can have a bound up engine.

Try turning the engine over by hand with the crank pulley (clockwise)

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CandiPaint2G	Aug-10-10 04:43 PM
Member since Jul 18th 2010 24 posts,

#131342, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Originally posted by bullettdsm

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter

16 huh? Is there something that you're not telling us? Do you have a 16 volt system in there?

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G However reading other posts I found someone with a similar problem and they mentioned 3 clicks when installing the TC after it has been removed. What is the 3 clicks he is refering to?

Ruh roh, I smell trouble........ During the install of the TQ converter, you should have put the TQ converter on the input shaft and wiggled/spun it with gentle pressure toward the tranny. You should have heard/felt 3 clicks. That way you would know she is set in place. If she is not all the way on, you can have a bound up engine. Try turning the engine over by hand with the crank pulley (clockwise)

Will do, I guess ill have no choice but disassemble everything back and check on that. This is not the first time I pulled apart the engine and put her back together and im assuming I had better luck last time cause I had originally bolted the TC directly onto the flywheel first then just wiggled it into place and bolted in the four large bolts without necessarily hearing for the 3 clicks. However, this time around I figured I lower the engine with only the flywheel installed into place of the TC already installed into the transmission and then bolted it together making me turn the flywheel and TC around as I installed the four small bolts. So I hope its not the case of it binding up as you say but ill get up under it and hopefully I can turn it rather easily after I remove the other belts and then go from there. Living in Texas makes it unbearable to work outside when you only have partial shade and its really like 104 during the day with a heat index of 118!!! Flippin sucks down here

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CandiPaint2G	Aug-11-10 06:01 PM
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#131348, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Originally posted by CandiPaint2G

Originally posted by bullettdsm

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter

16 huh? Is there something that you're not telling us? Do you have a 16 volt system in there?

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G However reading other posts I found someone with a similar problem and they mentioned 3 clicks when installing the TC after it has been removed. What is the 3 clicks he is refering to?

Ruh roh, I smell trouble........ During the install of the TQ converter, you should have put the TQ converter on the input shaft and wiggled/spun it with gentle pressure toward the tranny. You should have heard/felt 3 clicks. That way you would know she is set in place. If she is not all the way on, you can have a bound up engine. Try turning the engine over by hand with the crank pulley (clockwise)

Well after fighting through some 100+ degreee weather down here in Texas I removed the ac and ps belts and tried turning the crank sprocket clockwise to no avail so I believe I may have found the culprit. I never new about listening for three clicks before but im gals I kept doing some reading in her

Here we again...........

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CandiPaint2G	Aug-17-10 08:25 AM
Member since Jul 18th 2010 24 posts,

#131352, "After engine rebuld, Car still wont start........WTF!!!"
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Well thank you guys for helping me with the starting issue I was having ealier. And you guys were correct but thankfully the fix wasnt as hard as I thought it would be and I have the crank spinning freely with the transmission once again. As happy as I was to fix that problem im stuck once again whith my car not wanting to fire up. I even syphoned the old gas I had sitting in the tank hoping that was the problem but it wasnt as all my car does at the moment is turn over with no sign of cranking up, so any ideas? A little more info on the last time I drove her....It appeared one of my freezeplugs came out, car overheated and just died on me while driving. I was able to pull over on the side of road and have her towed home but was unable to start her up after that and the car seems to be making the same 'wanna start up but cant' noise. Any ideas or suggestions at this point would be so helpfull and greatly appreciated as im close to losing it.

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teklein	Aug-17-10 08:49 AM
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#131354, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Originally posted by bullettdsm

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter

16 huh? Is there something that you're not telling us? Do you have a 16 volt system in there?

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G However reading other posts I found someone with a similar problem and they mentioned 3 clicks when installing the TC after it has been removed. What is the 3 clicks he is refering to?

Ruh roh, I smell trouble........ During the install of the TQ converter, you should have put the TQ converter on the input shaft and wiggled/spun it with gentle pressure toward the tranny. You should have heard/felt 3 clicks. That way you would know she is set in place. If she is not all the way on, you can have a bound up engine. Try turning the engine over by hand with the crank pulley (clockwise)

Friendly FYI, this happened to Whitey, and the trans went up about a month later

Speaking with the trans guy and research on the interwebs, bolting the motor to the trans with the TC not all the way in can cause the front pump to be damaged.

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CandiPaint2G	Aug-17-10 10:14 AM
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#131355, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Originally posted by teklein

Originally posted by bullettdsm

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G it checked out with 16.0 Volts at the starter

16 huh? Is there something that you're not telling us? Do you have a 16 volt system in there?

Originally posted by CandiPaint2G However reading other posts I found someone with a similar problem and they mentioned 3 clicks when installing the TC after it has been removed. What is the 3 clicks he is refering to?

Ruh roh, I smell trouble........ During the install of the TQ converter, you should have put the TQ converter on the input shaft and wiggled/spun it with gentle pressure toward the tranny. You should have heard/felt 3 clicks. That way you would know she is set in place. If she is not all the way on, you can have a bound up engine. Try turning the engine over by hand with the crank pulley (clockwise)

Friendly FYI, this happened to Whitey, and the trans went up about a month later

Speaking with the trans guy and research on the interwebs, bolting the motor to the trans with the TC not all the way in can cause the front pump to be damaged.

HAHAHA,lets hope thats not the case hear...... I did try cranking it once over and didnt have much luck and fixed the problem so I hope I didnt mess it up to to bad????

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bullettdsm	Aug-17-10 04:06 PM
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#131356, "RE: I need a crash course........"
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Originally posted by CandiPaint2G
....It appeared one of my freezeplugs came out, car overheated and just died on me while driving. I was able to pull over on the side of road and have her towed home but was unable to start her up after that and the car seems to be making the same 'wanna start up but cant' noise. Any ideas or suggestions at this point would be so helpfull and greatly appreciated as im close to losing it.

Ruh roh, I smell double trouble.

Well, start with the basics; comp check, fuel check and spark check. Be sure that you have all three. I would definitely start with a comp check. That may keep you from needing to check anything else.

Also, pull the little cover on the timing belt and be sure that you don't have a bunched up belt there (as in timing belt broke)

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