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)


This only works for manual transmission not for automatic.




>
> ||
> ||Oh - when you changed the motor, are you sure you got all the ground straps
> ||between battery, body and engine/trans on properly?
>
> Check this with jumper cables between negative battery post, and bare metal on
> the block
>
>
> Texas Parts Guy