my ford transit broke down recently and was towed to a local garage,were they said the flywheel had broken up.They replaced the flywheel,clutch,starter motor but it still has the same problem the starter will not turn the engine it just locks up.The engine can be turned over by hand and also the flywheel can be turned but as soon as the starter is refitted it locks the engine??? The starter works fine when bench tested.

matt waereham, April 2007

could be the wrong size of flywheel, teeth of the starter not lining up which would make it lock up

kevin, April 2010

your van as a dual mass ctutch system which breaks up and goes into the starter which inturn seizes up.ive replaced mine with a solid flywheel which ford say they dont do,
a new solid flywheel is around £250 from international parts ltd ask for robert all the best 01268574423
ps.you need to drop the under carrige to get the gear box out

dave read, April 2007