engine wont turn
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engine wont turn
83 f250 w/ 460. ok so me and my buddy were workin on my truck that hasnt ran in bout a year. i had to leave for work so i left him to replace the distributor. i get a phone call on the way there with him tellin me while he had the old dis. out he dropped a bolt down the hole. now the engine wont even turn. any idea where it could have fell down to so i dont have to tear the whole thing apart?
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From: patricia ab canada
you could try a magnet.most likely the bolt is stuck in the dist gear.try backing the engine a little and use a magnet to try to get the bolt out.if not you might have to take the timing cover off .
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engine wont turn
When you say the engine wont turn over does the engine not move at all, or the engine rotates. That happened to me once and all I did was change the starter switch on the fenderwell, and check your battery voltage.
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the engine where the distributor goes, which means it's jamming the
camshaft/distributor gear and timing chain. Replacing a starter solenoid won't fix
THAT.
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
try rotating the eng backwards with a socket on the crank pulley, that should dislodge the bolt and maybe you can find it with the magnet. Its almost gotta be jammed between the block and the cam at the dist drive
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Your buddy drops the bolt down the hole and then turns the motor over anyway? Wow.
I truly feel for you.
I truly feel for you.
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Unless they have changed since the last time I looked you can't get to the dist gear by just removing the timing cover. I would try a long time with a good magnet before I started tearing it down. Like it was said you will have to turn the engine backwards just a hair before a magnet will be able to pick it up.
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I agree. Punch your buddy, take his truck, pillage his girlfriend.
Otherwise, get in there with as much light as you can get into there, back it off A HAIR, and fiddle with a magnet or mechanical fingers.
There might already be damage done. Did he sink in the distributor with the bolt in there? Why is he turning the engine over anyway?
Otherwise, get in there with as much light as you can get into there, back it off A HAIR, and fiddle with a magnet or mechanical fingers.
There might already be damage done. Did he sink in the distributor with the bolt in there? Why is he turning the engine over anyway?
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