Bill, once engine reaches limit of rotation all the starter will do is make a thump sound. I am able to rotate engine by hand in counter rotation. After I did some checking in the Bentley 240 Service Manual I hope it is nothing more than a flexplate bolt or bolts have come loose. The manual states t...

engine will not rotate 360 degrees. I need ideas of things to check. The car is a USA 1989 245, 2.3 gas, non turbo, automatic transmission. Odometer has 184K miles showing. But with odometer breakage problems with these cars, true miles is not known. I plan to remove starter and check ring gear, fle...