16FoxBody

Well both heads are off, cam gears are off, and the motor still freaking hits or stops. I seriously dont know what to do anymore. I know theres nothing in my crankshaft but im gonna drop the pan later anyway. Even when the cam gear is on and the TC, i have the timing marks lined up (i think) it still hits, and even with everything off it still stops. WHAT ELSE COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN?!?!!?

86 5.0L

EDIT: D'oh!

ooticamitica

take it to a professional and see what they say. You dont have to do everything yourself :-D rather safe than sorry!

kilobyte

i agree with ooticamitica on this one

stocksuspension

what do u mean it stops??? does it lock up????? could be misplaced main caps

16FoxBody

yea it stops, like it hits something, evreything is off. some1 once said something about the exhaust stroke and the intake stroke....whats that about?

88stangaruu

if its stopping, something bad is happening.

We really need some more info. Is the motor in the car?
What kinda motor is it? 302? 306? 331? 347?

Tell us how complete the motor is? Like how much have you gotten taken apart? What heads you running?

Are you turning it over by hand very gently?

r.barn

you do have the trans in nuetral right?

16FoxBody

its a 302, in the car, and as stated above its basically a block at this point. stock heads but thats irrelevant. the trans is in the neutral

88stangaruu

Alright, well it could be the rings catching the sides of the bores, the thrust bearing could have worn and the crank could be sliding back and fourth. Try pulling or pushing on the crank pully and see if the crank will move forwards and backwards, that could un-bind the crank if that was the problem. And you can take the oil filter out and cut it open and see if there is any bearing material in it. THat would be copperish/bluish metal in the filter. Or the flywheel could be locked up on something, there are lots of possibilties. Dont try to just force it to turn, thats almost a gaurantee'd way to mess something up even more.


Why did you tear the engine down in the first place? Just curious.