Curtis B

Ok. From the start this is what led up to the point that I am at now.

My Impala stopped blowing cold air about 2 or 3 months ago. I didn't worry about it too much. I figured that I had a small leak somewhere and the freon had escaped. About a months ago a squeaking noise was coming from my serpentine belt. I noticed that it seemed like the compressor pulley was sticking a little bit when the air was on. So I stopped messing with the air all together.

I went to work one day and when I came back to my car that evening it would click but not turn over. Of course my first thought was that my starter had went out. So I go out and spend the money to get a new starter. I put it in and the car still clicks but won't turn over. I have my wife try to start the car while i watch all the pulleys. I see the alternator pulley trying to turn but looking like it is stuck. So I take the belt off and spin all of the pulleys. Two of them don't spin. The crank pulley and the a/c compressor pulley. So with the belt off I try to start the car again. The first 2 times I try the starter clicks and the car doesn't start. The third time the car starts and runs until I turn it off about 30 seconds later. I had a seized a/c compressor.

Now I'm slapping myself because I wasted $200+ dollars on a starter when the old one was fine. I decide to keep the new starter due to the fact that it has a lifetime warranty and I don't feel like taking it back off. I remove my a/c compressor and swap it out for an A/C Bypass Pulley. I will get a compressor later on down the road and have a shop install it. Right now I just need it running again. So everything is looking good and I put my serpentine belt back on. Now my battery is completely dead. So I get a jump and try to start it up. It just clicks once again. So I go back to the hood and look at the alternator pulley barely turning once again. I remove the serpentine belt and while still being jumped I have mt wife try to start the car. The crank pulley turns about 1/8 of a turn every time the starter clicks. I've been working on this for a while now. Does anybody have any idea what could be making the crank not turn over all the way?

Maybe starter not engaging flywheel properly? Maybe starter not getting enough power?

Thanks for taking the time to read all of this.

What are your thoughts on OU squeezing pass TX and going to the Big 12 Championship. If OU beats missouri and advances to the national championship, who do you think will win. Im gonna go ahead and say it is going to be OU and florida. Your thoughts please. P.S. Hopefully OU loses the Big 12 and Texas goes to the national championship. HOOK EM HORNS!!!!

Me and my wife are both some what beginner motorcycle riders and have different opinions on which stunts have the more grave consequences if they are not pulled off. I believe that a stoppie is the worst of the two do to the fact that all the momentum is going forward and the bike can come crashig on you, and it is more than likely that you will face plant into the concrete. She believes that a wheelie is the worst because you can fall backwards off the bike and have the bike come down on you also. So we decided to let the people of the yahoo community (hopefully those that have riding experience) help us solve this. Thanks alot for your time. And by the way we are not attempting to do any stunts. Well at least not yet....Lol.

My wife and I recently completed a motorcycle safety course and want to purchase matching sport bikes. She is 5'2 and 120 pds. I'm not to sure what her inseam is. I'm 5 '11 and 220 pds. Whenever we go to the dealership, she sits on the bikes and her feet aren' t close to being flat on the ground. She wants a bike that is 600cc because that is what the gsx-r, yzf-r, and cbr starts off in and that is going to be the type of bike that I get. While taking the motorcycle course we rode on a 150cc standard type bike. We know that the sportsbike is alot different and that 600cc is alot more power and that the throttle and clutch on the sportbike is not as forgiving.

What are your suggestions as far as her riding a 600cc sportsbike? Should we try to lower the bike and shave the seat or not get one at all? If the bike is lowered (the proper way with the lowering kit), will the ground clearence be a safety issue? Any other suggestions that you have will be greatly appreciated.