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dookiedang
02-21-2009, 06:42 PM
had my sr swap done for about 2 weeks now, finally finished all the troubleshooting and mishaps (no fuel,no spark, ect....). took it out for a test drive. car started to grind. sounded like i was over cranking the car when it was already on, or sounded like when you put your car in 1st gear when the car is moving without stepping on the clutch. then the car died and from then on everytime i tried to crank it the grinding comes back on. but only comes on when it started to turn over. so yea i honestly dont know what happen? starter went out? spun a bearing in my transmission? any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

Mikey444
02-21-2009, 07:52 PM
Maybe the teeth on the starter are worn or skipping?

DJ_Sunrise
02-21-2009, 08:04 PM
None of the above tells us much about your problem, if anything at all.

Does the car go into gear or not, with difficulty or not, does the trans engage and disengage, smoothly or not? When exactly does the noise occur, and be more specific.

1st things first.. Have someone pump the clutch pedal while you watch for movement from the slave cylinder.

-Bart

dookiedang
02-22-2009, 05:19 PM
None of the above tells us much about your problem, if anything at all.

Does the car go into gear or not, with difficulty or not, does the trans engage and disengage, smoothly or not? When exactly does the noise occur, and be more specific.

1st things first.. Have someone pump the clutch pedal while you watch for movement from the slave cylinder.

-Bart

my bad, i had too much on my mind. yea the car goes into gear, when i put it in gear and turn it on it jumps everytime i crank but when it turns over it crank. the transmission made noise when i engage but 95% of the time it happen when i engage on 1st gear. so clutch probably going out too?? but i have a feeling it could be my starter, cause the grinding sound only comes on now when the engine tries to turn over. so i think i have 2 problems, one is tranny/clutch problems which idc right about now cause thats an easy fix, and 2nd is maybe starter??? or something in my block?? thats what im more worry about, transmission/clutch can wait. hope thats some of the info you needed, agian any help would be appreciated thanks.

flip3d
02-22-2009, 05:25 PM
too much oil?

dookiedang
02-22-2009, 05:30 PM
too much oil?

in engine or transmission? cause i know i put enough oil in the engine. but i didnt do the tranny, a friend replaced the fluid in it.

flip3d
02-22-2009, 10:22 PM
in engine or transmission? cause i know i put enough oil in the engine. but i didnt do the tranny, a friend replaced the fluid in it.

I mean in the engine. I put about a quart too much the first time I started my SR. Starter would grind on the flywheel.

brndck
02-22-2009, 10:45 PM
/\/\ wtf are you talking about? please explain to me how too much oil would cause your starter to grind on the flywheel.

op, it sounds like you have worn teeth on your flywheel. you can check this by removing your starter and visually inspecting the teeth. k?

flip3d
02-22-2009, 11:13 PM
/\/\ wtf are you talking about? please explain to me how too much oil would cause your starter to grind on the flywheel.

op, it sounds like you have worn teeth on your flywheel. you can check this by removing your starter and visually inspecting the teeth. k?

dunno. i guess it was harder for the motor to turn with too much oil in it. beats me.

Howard92884
02-22-2009, 11:56 PM
Could be worn teeth or you starter isn't disengaging all the way after the engine starts.

mojos13
02-24-2009, 08:13 AM
If you put the trans in neutral and it grinds when you try to start it, then you either have a chewed-up tooth or two on the flywheel or your starter-solinoid is not ingaging the flywheel all the way in which case you'll end up with chewed-up/missing teeth on the flywheel anyway...just my two cents!.

s13Carlo
02-25-2009, 08:24 PM
its almost like your clutch grinds with the flywheel?

brndck
02-25-2009, 08:31 PM
its almost like your clutch grinds with the flywheel?

wow this thread is full of fucking retarded statements.

DDDsquad_s13panda
02-25-2009, 10:09 PM
Gotta be the teeth of the starter. I had the same problem with mine. Took the starter out and got it rebuild. Just make sure when you put it back its nice and snuggled in there.

dookiedang
02-25-2009, 10:14 PM
wow this thread is full of fucking retarded statements.

i know right!??! i dont know who to trust anymore haha.

dookiedang
02-25-2009, 10:15 PM
Gotta be the teeth of the starter. I had the same problem with mine. Took the starter out and got it rebuild. Just make sure when you put it back its nice and snuggled in there.

yea i have a feeling its one of those problems. ima take out the starter tomorrow!

DDDsquad_s13panda
02-25-2009, 10:24 PM
its almost like your clutch grinds with the flywheel?


FAIL!:bs:

i dont know how that can happen? enlightened.

Mangudai
02-26-2009, 12:02 AM
Its your starter.

dookiedang
02-26-2009, 10:04 PM
Its your starter.

turns out my starter is perfectly fine. got it tested and it runs like it should. so i think its the teeth in my flywheel that is mess up. cant really check it out right now cause no one is with me to crank my car so i could see if its chipped. but im 95% sure its my flywheel then cause i dont think theres another way it would be grinding? ill keep it updated. lmk if you guys think its something else thanks!

DDDsquad_s13panda
02-26-2009, 11:18 PM
your starter is fine but what about the teeth on that? Because for your flywheel teeth to get all messed up, how about the starter naw'mean. but goodluck