Something is wrong
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Something is wrong
83 F150 351w C6. I was starting it and suddenly the starter scratched or something where it makes a scraping noise and now all it does is make a weird budging noise, I can’t move the crank pulley at all to try and get it off the bad spot. I know the motor isn’t locked up because it was cranking absolutely fine and it has oil in it. What’s wrong with it?
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83 F150 351w C6. I was starting it and suddenly the starter scratched or something where it makes a scraping noise and now all it does is make a weird budging noise, I can’t move the crank pulley at all to try and get it off the bad spot. I know the motor isn’t locked up because it was cranking absolutely fine and it has oil in it. What’s wrong with it?
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Put a 15/16ths" socket + wrench on the front crank pulley and try to turn the entire rotating assembly; my guess is a gunked-up/stuck starter motor Bendix (the thing that lets the starter turn the engine but keeps the engine from turning the starter).
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I finally just took the starter off and I was able to move the crank by hand a few degrees, my best bet is that the battery is dead lol
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