Hey guys, after spending a couple months installing a 4AGE smallport into my TA22 celica, I finally went to start it and all I hear is a knock from the starter each time I turn the key. I removed the starter and tested it and it works fine out of the car. Then I went to try and turn the engine over by hand (using the crankshaft bolt) and it wouldn't move.
I bought this engine with 60,000ks on it, and I have turned it over before a few times by hand when I took the timing belt off (I knocked the cams out of place so I had to set them all to their marks to put the belt back on). If I remember correctly when I was turning it over by hand it started to get harder towards the end but I got it to the mark so I didn't bother worrying about it. Now, there was no oil in the engine at this stage. I'm not sure how long it sat without oil, would have to ask AJPS.
I am now at the stage where I have removed the engine and gearbox from the car, taken the gearbox off, removed the spark plugs and squirted a little oil with a syringe into each spark plug hole, and it still won't budge at all.
Any ideas what it could be and what I should be doing next to try and fix it?
Thanks in advance, any help is very much appreciated!
Cheers, Matt