bad starter clutch or not

[dillon14dj]

some people have said i needed a starter clutch. and yesterday another said i have to rebuild the top end as theres no compression. and the flywheel spins when i push the start button so that means the starter clutch is fine?? is that true or...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdROk2SToFg

 

[dillon14dj]

and i havent taken the top end off to look at the piston as gaskets cost money lol so the more stuff i take off then the more gaskets im gonna have to buy

 

[Gen1Pat]

It turns so the clutch should be fine. Put your stator cover back on (you don't need the gasket) and check your timing. It could be off and the valves might not be closed completely on the compression stroke.

 

[dillon14dj]

put it all the way back on or just sit it on? this may be a dumb thing to ask but how do you do that? and what do you do. i also just started taken it apart and i found out i have a cracked Intake Manifold too

 

[codysisk13]

bolt the stator cover back on and there will be a plug you have to unscrew witha flat screwdriver on the very top and im pretty sure it has to read "t" at a certain point. genpat 1 should know how to do this better than me.lol

 

[codysisk13]

you wont need the gasket just to check the timing

 

[bones]

yeah just turn the motor over with a wrench till you see T is lined up in the window with the line in the hole where the plastic plug was then take the cam cover off and the line on the cam gear should be lined up with the bump above the cam gear

 

[Gen1Pat]

I'm a mechanic all day every day. Been into the warriors for a while now, too. Just put the cover back on with a couple of bolts to hold it in place. Remove the large plug in the top of the cover (has a slot for a reg screw driver), in that hole you'll find a small notch (at 12oclock position). Rotate the engine untill you find the "T" in the flywheel(looking through that hole). There is a line DIRECTLY infront of the "T". Line that line up with the notch in the hole. Now your piston is at TDC. Next, remove your cam cover, and make sure that the thick line embossed in the cam gear is in line with the "tit" (at about the 11oclock position) in the head. If that mark is not lined up correctly, your cam timing is off. If it's off, off pretty far (i.e. 1/4"), the valves can't close all the way, and the compression is escaping when the piston moves up on the compression stroke.

 

[dillon14dj]

i just put the cover back on. and i lined the T up with the line on the cover... and i took the cover off the timing chain part.. and that 'line' is down facing the T lol. i took a video. ill upload it in a min

 

[dillon14dj]

ok.. is this what you mean??http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6PQlB3t5U

 

[duneracerweston]

uhh dude i wouldnt hit the starter with that cover off... it will bust a case doing that.

but if you can sit the motor backwards without tuning the starter the starter clutch is good. im gonna have to agree with the loss of compression theory its rolling over to easy to have good comp on the motor.