1998 Ford Contour "fix seized tap" Questions

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...tap the starter motor with a hammer and free the solenoid as a temporary fix. The starter motor is loacted at the back of the engine on the bell housing if rear wheel drive, or around the tranmission ...

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...seized, remove fromcar and oil it, turning the spindle with grips or similar. 2, starter jammed, tap with a mallet or hammer, if it has a square "nut" on the back of the motor, turning this will ease ...

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...tap could be seized - to locate, follow the heater pipes that go tthrough the firewall back towards the motor, One of these will have a block on it with an arm and cable connected to it, check that ...

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...fix the problem; it is not the motor itself - the shaft/housing gets corroded and eventually seizes. Remove the wiper and bolts from the outside and the panel on the inside. Remove the wiper motor, ...

some idiot so called mechanic has forced the wrong spark plugs into my car and cross threaded them...can i heli-coil all four? is this a good idea...and how can i get the cross threaded plugs out 3 ...

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...tap on the cooling fans to see if they will start to work or if they are seized or you can hook up two jumper wires one ground and one positive and directly feed the motor from the battery to see if ...

...seized. Those motors have internal copper brushes that usually lock after time. Some times a quik test is to get to the motor and tap it with a wrench while pressing the switch to get it unseized. ( ...

...Now my car has completely stopped. Won't crank! Have I damaged the motor? Can this situation be fixed? Was this the reason my lifters were tapping before my vehicle stopped working? What has to

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fix. If your cylinder had seized once, it might do so again and should be replaced. This is a more complex job than replacing the pads, and should probably be taken care of by a professional mechanic.

...seized. What's left. J18 engine, the first J20 but under stroked, and share many parts. you mean it wont crank, using a voltmeter would have saved all that expensive guessing (for sure) its a ...

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