Wife broke the car :(

[badbrad]

intake gaskets leak too much water and hydrolock???i know it'll happen on the l36's.. hope u find a competent mechanic.

 

[sandite5]

Well I'm finally back from Iraq and it seems that the wife and I are just gonna cut the losses and sell the Daytona .

With the engine "locked" up and my lack of mechanical knowledge to really get a good look at the engine, we obviously won't be asking too much for it.

At least the exterior is in pretty good condition!

I'll get some pictures and a walk around video up of it soon.

 

[gtpinsc]

dude its a daytona... buy a used motor and call it a day.

 

[TorqueAutoMotiv]

im betting for under 1k that can be back on the road

 

[Warbeaver]

start it without the serpentine belt on the car...could have a locked up ac compressor or maybe the alternator, causing the crank not to have enough power to turn the motor over.

 

[matt5112]

start it without the serpentine belt on the car...could have a locked up ac compressor or maybe the alternator, causing the starter not to have enough power to turn the motor over.

fix'd

 

[crashman]

Man I know that a locked up alt. can prevent an engine from turning over, it happened to me. The starter just doesn't have the power to over come the alt if it's locked up. I took the belt off and started right up.

 

[sandite5]

I'll give it a try, but like I said, we are still gonna sell it.

 

[joshua_arndt]

I'll give it a try, but like I said, we are still gonna sell it.

PM me a price if you haven't got a buyer yet, I might be interested. I'm in OKC.

 

[sandite5]

WELL!!

I finally looked under the hood to see why the engine didn't start at all. The first thing I noticed was that both the S/C belt and the serpentine belt were off the pulleys. When I looked closer I could see the freaking serpentine belt was wrapped around the crank pulley. Now I'm no mechanic, but I'm pretty sure that was the reason it would never turn over.

I pulled the S/C belt out (it was still intact), but had to cut the serpentine belt in 3 places to get it out, and even then there is still a piece stuck to where I can't even cut it loose.

After that I hooked up some jumper cables to my truck and it started right up. There was a little bit of smoke (burnt rubber) coming from where the cable was stuck.

All in all, I don't know what the hell the mechanic thought was wrong, but at least it can be started now.

Should help sell it, no?

 

[Bio248]

a running car does always sell easier..

 

[minichopper6hp]

Put a new belt on it and keep it.

 

[coreygnar]

Put a new belt on it and keep it.

x2 do it

 

[Ricky21]

il give ya 800 for it :th_thumbsup-wink:

 

[sandite5]

il give ya 800 for it :th_thumbsup-wink:

Lord, I could part it out for more than that! :th_tongue3: