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05-10-2007, 09:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: San Marcos california,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1989 KCC from South Africa Right Hand Drive
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You probably have the motor hanging up on the clutch.Did the motor and tranny go in as one unit or was it a hassle "stabbing" the clutch when you put it in? Some times if you are installing the motor and it does not go easy youcan bend the clutch pkate and end up with a problem?
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05-11-2007, 05:40 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by CHANMADD
You probably have the motor hanging up on the clutch.
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I agree. If you pull the clutch off though and you still can't turn the engine with a wrench with the plugs out then you probably have a real problem. But before you pull the engine out of the car you could always cross your fingers and pull the starter motor hoping for the one in a million chance that it had seized up locking the flywheel.  |
05-11-2007, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4788 with a Dawkins performance 490 ci iron genesis block hydrualic roller
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Originally Posted by CHANMADD
You probably have the motor hanging up on the clutch.Did the motor and tranny go in as one unit or was it a hassle "stabbing" the clutch when you put it in? Some times if you are installing the motor and it does not go easy youcan bend the clutch pkate and end up with a problem?
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Thanks Chanmadd. It originally went in as a unit (with a top loader which had been odered for). Ot turns out that it was built for a tremmac 5spd. The tremmac went in fine. When it was at SAI in Las Vegas, the motor and tranny were in and out several times so I have no idea if any thing may have happened there, but I trust the guys to take good care of my car.
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05-11-2007, 10:41 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by shelby racer
...but I trust the guys to take good care of my car.
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Was this the first time you tried to turn the engine over since it came back from them?  |
05-11-2007, 10:57 AM
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first time
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Was this the first time you tried to turn the engine over since it came back from them? |
Yes, this is the first time I have tried to turn it over since I got it back.
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05-11-2007, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by shelby racer
Yes, this is the first time I have tried to turn it over since I got it back.
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I think the odds are pretty high that they did something wrong. How wrong you won't know until you start taking it apart.  I would call them up though and let them know what's going on since it appears to be their fault. |
05-11-2007, 11:14 AM
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Don't want to jump to conlusions
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I think the odds are pretty high that they did something wrong. How wrong you won't know until you start taking it apart. I would call them up though and let them know what's going on since it appears to be their fault. |
I don't want to jump to any conclusions. I did call and email SAI this week for advice, but did not hear anything back. I have more things to look at and investigate before I draw any conclusions. I also do not want to have to take the car back to vegas again considering the time and money it cost me last time when they had to fix the frame. The poor car has never run and was not ready to be run the last time it was in Vegas.
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05-11-2007, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by shelby racer
When it was at SAI in Las Vegas, the motor and tranny were in and out several times so I have no idea if any thing may have happened there, but I trust the guys to take good care of my car.
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You would think that after yanking and replacing the motor and tranny "several times" they would have had the courtesy of starting it up once to make sure it ran before sending it back to you....  |
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