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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Freefallin" data-source="post: 1402167" data-attributes="member: 21535">I get it man, there are a lot of unknowns and it doesn't help that I was in a rush to write and send that last message.  But I am a DIY guy and I am not formally trained in any kind of mechanical or electrical work.  My passion for Mustangs and cars in general set me out to learn as much as I could for free through researching countless hours online, tapping friends and what not.  That being said, I may use some incorrect terminology, or may not expain something as it SHOULD be explained, I just don't know any better you know :tongue3:?  But what I am really wondering at this very moment is what has the motor lodged, not being able to spin by hand or by ignition?  Keep in mind guys, the motor DID NOT turn by hand when I was trying to do the lash adjusters; it only turned by hand once we hit the ignition withe the plugs out.  I then replaced all lash adjusters, making sure to turn the crank by hand to get the cam lobes to the flats and respective pistons near the bottom of the stroke so I could then pop the followers out, inspect, and continue on my way replacing the lash adjusters.  Now, I did not do anything special with the crank(meaning place it at 9 oclock or anything like that) before I started, I simply turned the crank a couple of times by hand and popped whichever followers that showed the piston at the bottom (or near) of its stroke out, which also meant the cam lobe was more or less on it's flat, and I popped the lash adjusters out and replaced.  Car fires right up, no more loud tapping just a higher pitched valvetrain noise but we all agreed it sounded healthy which it showed on the first 3 passes before dying on the dyno. And moreso, for the car to shut off at the very top of the 4th pull on the dyno and then NOT being able to be turned by hand has me thinking both times the car would not turn by hand have to be related.  Sorry, I've had a few beers and I am tired, frustrated, a bit down and more or less am tired of dealing with this issue lol.  Please ignore the excessive comma use and bad overall grammar and punctuation...the IPA made me do it :mfr_omg:</blockquote>