Engine Help needed

[Bananus]

So heres the deal, I've got a '93 that stalled on me. I was driving and engine quit on me, I tried to restart and the starter just clicked. I got it home yanked the plugs and tried to hand crank with no luck so I figured it was seized. Today I was sitting around and decided to go out and tried to start it, the engine cranked once and kinda squeaked and stopped. Any ideas what could be wrong?

When it died there was no smoke, knocks, metal pings or anything of the sort.

 

[Offroads4x4]

"engine cranked once and kinda squeaked and stopped"

This doesn't sound good. Is there any oil in the engine? Start with the timing chain to see if its broken and locked in the gear/sprockets? You may have a bad rod.

 

[Bananus]

yes there is oil, after tapping the starter it cranked a few times but never started and the battery died. So I'm charging the battery, should I go ahead and try and start it with fear of the engine locking, or just have someone look at it.

 

[KliersLC]

I would start with the battery and go from there. If you want to verify that things are working correctly, pull the plugs and the distributor cap. Then verify piston movement in all cylinders and movement in the dizzy gear. Once you get it started, check the alternator output voltage..

 

[dropthattaco]

The starter points sometimes fail this way. I think you should pull apart your starter, but you said you couldn't turn it over by hand? That's quite an odd thing.

 

[Bananus]

So I charged my battery hooked it up and the engine cranked over a few times then stopped. now when I try to start it the starter spins but the engine wont crank, sounds like a solenoid problem, then I looked and the positive battery terminal because it started smoking and trying to start it melted the clasp separating all of the wires running to the battery. And it still won't crank by hand.

 

[Offroads4x4]

Sounds a though something let loose inside if you can't crank it by hand.

You might be able to find a local Mudder to help take a look at it before you spend the bigger bucks at the Dealership. They may know of a local mechanic near you as well.

oregoncruisers.com

 

[Bananus]

thanks for the input guys, I'm probably going to have someone look at it tomorrow.