LifeMage

my buddy just picked up a 95 civic with a 2000ls motor in it and when we whent to start it today it didnt start or anything, all the electronics worked, but we had no spark at all and when we turned the key we got a whinny sound any ideas that can help us out please

Cln94EG1

is the starter working cause of its making a whinny noise its sounds like it might not be hittin the flywheel teeth

LifeMage

so change the starter out? also the ls motor has a gsr tranny and also noticed that on the bottum next to the oil pan its either the fly wheel or the tranny is exposed or should it be covered up?

zuum

worst case scenario would be a broken Tbelt... so pull off the distributor cap and try starting it, if the rotor turns your ok, if not well... not so ok.

Also like dud said the start might not be engaging the flywheel, try bumping the flywheel by turning the crank or push start the car.

Cln94EG1

I would try the starter and see what that does make sure its hitting the flywheel teeth or not and that plate you're talking about is a factory thing most ppl that do trannys swaps get lazy and dont put the plate back but then again I dont know if the plates are different for each tranny or not so but u dont have to have it there is nice to have when rocks are around

LifeMage

alright so go to a dealership and ask for one or make one myself for it?

Cln94EG1

I would go to the dealer i will find out how much it is hold on i work at honda so i can get prices so its a LS with GSR Tranny

LifeMage

yeah ls motor with a gsr tranny he picked the car up for 3100 so he couldnt beat the deal so yeah we've been trying to fix it up and get it running properly (ie get rid of the check engine fix the engine up and than get it running smoth)

Cln94EG1

U guys looked at the How to Read Codes https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1901557

LifeMage

yeah were also having a buddy come over who knows this **** better than i do(hes 23 or so and my and my buddy that owns the car are 18 and both are getting into the tuning scene, so yeah ) turned to here for help and hopefully what you said will point us properly.

Cln94EG1

ya cause thats what it sounds like and u said your buddy was driving so I dont think the timing belt would brake right once he got in the driveway so unless it was on it hard and it stopped workin then had it towed home idk its your timing belt at all

LifeMage

it worked properly. we towed it home on a dolly (about an hour and a half drive.) backed it off the dolly and also he pulled it out earlyer today before i came over to wash the car off and such

Cln94EG1

thats weird ya just check your timing belt and ya starter see if its loose or not but i cant see why it would just do that

LifeMage

alright my buddy pushed the car up and than it started up right away any ideas on what we should do to try to prevent this from happeneing again? starter bad?

Cln94EG1

So it works on

zuum

it could be the starter, could also be a chipped flywheel. if there are enough broken teeth on the flywheel there would be a dead spot where the starter doesnt touch anything. Pull the inspection plate and turn the motor over one full revolution while looking at the flywheel.