e30m50 starter question

[Brew]

Well... the engine isn't seized. We got the crank to turn by hand. It just took A LOT of effort at first, and still isn't exactly easy. Guess that's what happens when an engine sits for so long.
And for the record, Bryson was right. We needed to trim off some excess metal from the oil pan because the flywheel was jammed pretty hard up again it.
Whenever someone says, "yeah, the 260 just bolts right up to the M50" they never mention the uselss piece of the oil pan that literally stops the flywheel (and therefor crank) from moving :roll: Good to know.

You guys didn't notice that when installing the flywheel?

I don't know why I didn't notice it. Probably because I never heard of it being an issue and because I'm a dumbass. Oh well, live and learn. On a positive note, I'm now really good at pullling M50's.

@trent
Yeah, I was looking at the flywheel and it seems that the part that touches the oil pan would be the first part a machine shop would take off when they lightened it.