black82gsl

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Ok, I drove the car to work all week and it would start right up every time. Parked it, next morning wouldn't fire. Later in week tried to start......nothing. Has spark, dumped gas down carb it started to turn then it wouldn't even turn over. Not the battery or the starter ,its like the engine is locked. Tried to push start it and th tires would just drag and wouldn't turn the engine. Its like its locked up. WTF? Ran fine one night wouldn't start next morning!!!

FirebirdSlayer666

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Does the motor intself turn? How do you know it isn't the starter?

1983GSP

pull the plugs and roll the motor over by hand

black82gsl

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The motor won't turn I tried to push start it and it would barely turn the back tires.

Zemus386

wow you have the same model and color as mine, except your (was) running

well I dont know as much as any of these gurus, the most I can say is that it could be rotor locked.

FirebirdSlayer666

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So the starter does nothing? Grab a belt or the crank pulley and try to turn the motor with the plugs out. If you get nothing the motor is probably locked for whatever reason

Kentetsu

Make sure the car is in nuetral when performing this test...

2fast2rotar

try pulling it with a truck, suburban, van, etc. Pull it in 2nd gear with the clutch in, then pop it to pull start it(make sure the ignition is ON). That should get it going. If it doesnt start after that then you got serious problems.

rotary_X7

Maybe you have some freak accident where a apex seal broke/chipped due to the starter turning it and now it's pinned...

I know...ridiculous and out there but hey...why not. =]

trochoid

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If the tires are sliding when the car is being puled, it's either a broken/tossed apex seal of something has fallen into the intake.

yetterben

tow it up to me in eau claire i will take it off yor hands. I will give yah more than shaws or any yard in rapids :P

Vashner

When you put it in neutral the back tires move right? (assumption).

RX-7 Chris

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It sounds like my car when an apex seal went about 3 weeks ago. It ran fine and then it just died.

black82gsl

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Or I could not........I just payed 250 bucks for a new exhaust so I don't think I will be junking it.

Zemus386

It sucks to hear about your car..

If it makes you feel any better I have a project going on my 82 gsl; It's been sitting in a garage for 12 years after the motor "flamed out" (my grandparents words). Im pretty sure it needs a complete engine rebuild.

Hope I made your day better O.o

Kentetsu

Just put it in nuetral, and try to turn the front pulley by hand. If it doesn't move, then start looking for a used motor. Or, if you've got the bucks to spend, start researching how to rebuild and maybe port the one you've already got. However, if the motor blew, and jammed up, then rebuilding would require some new parts which may not be cheap. I'd source a used replacement myself (in fact, I just did this past fall).

Good luck...