FML Seized M50

[Fusion]

No worky.
Don't link to your mail account.

[TimKninja]

My friend doesnt recall having to shave anything down. I was dumb for not checking for binding.

Engine is freed and turns smoothly now!!!
Pictures of bindage.

[Pudmunkie]

I don't know why op keeps saying "some " people have binding issues. In my research it's never been an option, but a necessity

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[TimKninja]

Is the e34 trans the same ? I have a 5 speed e34 trans with 320k on it.

Just got the tranny off in an hour lol. It's DEFINETLY binding. Thanks guys!!!

[MattM]

Do yourself a favor and use an E36 trans and front shaft. And don't deal with weird tranny angle and shifter that needs cut and welded.

this, i did this after i found my oil pan gasket wasnt sealing right... needless to say the tranny had to come off with the G260.... swapped to a 35k mile Zf320... much happier

[Mr.SWISS]

Do yourself a favor and use an E36 trans and front shaft. And don't deal with weird tranny angle and shifter that needs cut and welded.

[Vtec?lol]

That sucks, to get it all in there then bam. issues.

That flywheel is def. binding. No way to use it without shaving, or using an m42 fly spacer

[TimKninja]

Ethier I'll be pulling the engine and tranny or just the tranny tonight. Thanks for the help guys.

[scottinAZ]

lack of oil due to pb blaster spraying will however. squirt about a tablespoon of oil into the cylinders to relube the walls, and all will be OK.

IIRC = If I Remember Correctly

[TimKninja]

Sprayed PB blaster into the cylinders . I doubt PB blaster will harm the cylinder walls .

What's an IIRC?

[Fusion]

I would rather spend 4 hours fishing through the plug hole than taking the head off because of a nozzle.
You can try taking an air compressor with one of those cleaning nozzles and blasting air in there on/off and if you're patient, physics says the nozzle should shoot out sooner or later.

It takes years before pistons stick to the cylinder due to rust. I helped a friend get an engine like that turning. It was in someones yard on the ground for like 3 or 4 years. Even if you got rust from a couple days humidity in there, it would be like the orange stuff on brake rotors, you can wipe it off with your finger.

[Mr.SWISS]

I think your IIRC is broken. I bet the last time you felt it rotate was on the stand. Once the flywheel is bolted it may have moved a small dgree where there isn't bind, but no doubt less than 15* of travel.

[KenC]

You sprayed solvent into the cylinders!?!? The pistons aren't seized to the walls. Put some oil in there and back away from it before you do some real damage.

[scottinAZ]

the flywheel is thick enough that warpage should not be an issue. besides when they are shaving it down, have them deck it for a fresh surface on the clutch.

[TimKninja]

The motor was purchased off of a fellow r3vlimited
Member out of a working car. He removed it and I purchased it a few days later. It then sat at my friends shop for about a month on an engine stand while I gathered swap materials . I then took the old engine out and mated it up to the tranny and dropped it back in the same day. A week later I connected the driveshaft and shifter. And I remember it spinning while I was tightening the driveshaft bolts while it was in gear.

Then a week or so later I towed it home to do the wiring. It has been sitting here for about a month maybe, we have had rain but the hood has been on.

I did have the intake manifold off for a breof period of time when I was replacing the starter. And it rained . But the hood was on and closed tight.

I Dont really see how water could of entered the cylinders . I sprayed some liquid wrench into the cylinders the morning. I'll let it soak and see if it did anything after work .


EDIT: just read everyone's post . Seems as tho I'm yanking the engine back out. Why is it that only some people have this problem and others don't? But this is the only thing that makes sense. Is my flywheel gonna be warped? I'll bring it to a machine shop anyways and check.