Crushercurtis
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- Aug 31, 2015
940 swap into 240 (formally: Seized Intermediate shaft 93 240)
So I bought a 93 240 for $200 after the owner broke the timing belt. Here's where things get sketchy. She said the car sat all winter and (just 1 winter) and when she tried to start it and the belt snapped. I didn't really ask the details and in hindsight I should have. I don't know if it started and drove before it snapped, or just snapped immediately upon cranking. So she had it towed to a shop, the shop supposedly put and timing belt on it for $280 and it snapped again. They told her she had a seized cam. That's where I come in. I bought it with everything disassembled . No serpentine belt, No timing cover, no crank pulley, no tensioner and spring. Knowing that these are safe motors I cranked it and the bottom seamed to turn freely and I turned the cam and it seemed to turn okay. I removed the valve cover expecting to see the cam snapped in half and the back end not turning I find that it too looks okay (video below). I'm thinking the shop tried to rip her off for an engine or cylinder had job. They had to know the cam wasn't seized because they supposedly put a replacement belt on it and they would have had to turn the cam to complete the job. Or, as my father thinks, they put the belt on wrong and snapped it again (is that possible)? To me that sounds unlikely, because it you can't by a tbelt on a sohc 4 cylinder with a belt you probably shouldn't be in business. Or maybe they tried to put a square belt on it (car has circular pulleys)???
Anyway, what should I do? I'm thinking of just putting it back together and trying to start it. Any ideas, tips, pointers, something I missed or something to check, before I reassemble?
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So I bought a 93 240 for $200 after the owner broke the timing belt. Here's where things get sketchy. She said the car sat all winter and (just 1 winter) and when she tried to start it and the belt snapped. I didn't really ask the details and in hindsight I should have. I don't know if it started and drove before it snapped, or just snapped immediately upon cranking. So she had it towed to a shop, the shop supposedly put and timing belt on it for $280 and it snapped again. They told her she had a seized cam. That's where I come in. I bought it with everything disassembled . No serpentine belt, No timing cover, no crank pulley, no tensioner and spring. Knowing that these are safe motors I cranked it and the bottom seamed to turn freely and I turned the cam and it seemed to turn okay. I removed the valve cover expecting to see the cam snapped in half and the back end not turning I find that it too looks okay (video below). I'm thinking the shop tried to rip her off for an engine or cylinder had job. They had to know the cam wasn't seized because they supposedly put a replacement belt on it and they would have had to turn the cam to complete the job. Or, as my father thinks, they put the belt on wrong and snapped it again (is that possible)? To me that sounds unlikely, because it you can't by a tbelt on a sohc 4 cylinder with a belt you probably shouldn't be in business. Or maybe they tried to put a square belt on it (car has circular pulleys)???
Anyway, what should I do? I'm thinking of just putting it back together and trying to start it. Any ideas, tips, pointers, something I missed or something to check, before I reassemble?
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