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Ernie Vitucci · 03-01-2018, 10:18 PM

Good Evening all...I had this happen last week. I put a starter back on a car with one bolt that was slightly too long and when I tightened it up it jammed the fly wheel. I thought it was the battery, but then I took a crank and I could not turn the engine with the crank. I took the plugs out and still could not turn the engine over. I took the starter back off and the engine turned over just fine. FINALLY I compared the bolts for the starter and saw that one was too long. I put the starter back on with three short bolts, put the plugs back in, took the crank out and stepped on the starter and the damn thing started! Ernie

03-01-2018, 10:18 PM	#43
Ernie Vitucci Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 611	Re: Getting my 1931 Model A Coupe go start Good Evening all...I had this happen last week. I put a starter back on a car with one bolt that was slightly too long and when I tightened it up it jammed the fly wheel. I thought it was the battery, but then I took a crank and I could not turn the engine with the crank. I took the plugs out and still could not turn the engine over. I took the starter back off and the engine turned over just fine. FINALLY I compared the bolts for the starter and saw that one was too long. I put the starter back on with three short bolts, put the plugs back in, took the crank out and stepped on the starter and the damn thing started! Ernie