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Re: [T3] HELP! Motor is seized now...


On 30 Jun 2003 at 9:43, David Hornback wrote:

> When I went to turn my motor to TDC #1, at the flywheel it wouldn't budge!
> NOTHING, it is stuck. It moves less than 1 cm each way (with a regular ratchet).
> I was able to get it to move a little bit with the breaker bar, but it requires
> WAY too much force! 

> Also just remembered where does the O-Ring gasket supposed to seat? I think I
> placed it after the shims, maybe this is it?

That would do it. The O-ring goes into a groove in the bottom of the socket in 
the flywheel where the end of the crank seats. If you just slid it onto the end 
of the crank it would certainly bind up the engine, and probably get crushed in 
the process.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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