NOSPAMrex@REMOVEtxol.net (Rex B) wrote in message news:<40ef0b08.19512652@news.txol.net>...
> ||This high pitched whining noise - does it sound like the starter motor is
> ||spinning? Either the solenoid is not kicking the starter dog into the ring
> ||gear or you have lost a tooth of the ring gear. Turn the engine over by
> ||hand using a 19mm socket on the crankshaft bolt and try again.
>
> ...or put it in 4th gear and push the car a foot or so (with the clutch engaged
> so it will turn the motor over)
>

Are you saying push the car on the drive gear (4th gear) will rotate
the crankshaft? That's old way to start the car by pushing the car, isn't?