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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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i just finished putting on lt's, put in new plugs as well. reconected everything, charged the battery (and had it connected to the trickle charger when cranking it), car sputtered a few times the made a grinding noise, so i removed the starter and the part that slides inton the bell housing snapped in HALF! i removed the broken piece from the bellhousing, car gets spark and fuel. whats going on?
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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what did you take apart for the install, did you take the starter off? Did you remove or unplug the coil packs?
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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sounds like your not getting a good enough ground from the starter and it wont crank the motor over, the part you snapped was prolly a needed part to get a good ground.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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the starter was off, and i had a few coil packs off as well, but i plugged them all back in.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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New starter installed, same deal just cranks over but wont fire
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did u check fuses and u didnt mess with any of the fuel lines did u???
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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checked the fuses, nope i didnt touch any of the fuel lines
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by qwickLT1WS6
i just finished putting on lt's, put in new plugs as well. reconected everything, charged the battery (and had it connected to the trickle charger when cranking it), car sputtered a few times the made a grinding noise, so i removed the starter and the part that slides inton the bell housing snapped in HALF! i removed the broken piece from the bellhousing, car gets spark and fuel. whats going on?
Why did you pull the starter and the coil packs to put headers on. you probably need a new starter if anything broke off it.
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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Why did you pull the starter and the coil packs to put headers on. you probably need a new starter if anything broke off it.

i took the starter off to slide the header in cause i did it in my garage.

The new starter is installed and it cranks over a lot better
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so is it firing and running or just cranking over and not starting??
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cranking over and not starting
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by qwickLT1WS6
cranking over and not starting
Did you pull the the plugs and make sure you did not crack one putting them in are they all the way in, are they gapped correctly, are the plug wires on correctly, not being a dick just things I would check. sounds like your not getting spark.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 12:56 AM
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for sure getting spark i took out one plug out and grounded it on the header and cranked it over and it sparks
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sounds fuel related to me, you may have kinked something installing the headers. I would jack it up and check the lines under the car to see if any fuel lines are pinched.
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