trying to turn car over by hand - it stops! URGENT

Ok, we got a new valve for the head(exhaust one), and had it put on and all... Now the head is on along with most everything else and we're doing the timing belt - after getting the timing belt on with the marks right we were going to turn the crank over by hand via rachet... Well it gets going then just STOPS - bent lifter? It was in cyl. 2 that the exhuast valve WAS bent... Think thta lifter got bent somehow and held is holding that new valve open so that when #2, and #3 pistons are coming up it stops them????????????? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? I'm assuming we gotta go through the agony of taking all that crap off again eh?

[Bob's944]

HMMM, firing order is 1-3-4-2.... I've never done a 944 valve before, but did you replace the valve guides also? I think that's part of what needs to be done. If you have the engine at TDC, and rotate clockwise... the #2 is the last piston to cycle.

This I know, anyway -
thanks - the head is back off along w/ the cam stuff.... The valve was not stuck open or anything - we've found a scar on the piston wall =(... Updates coming soon.

[Bob's944]

ok, now that it's apart, the topend should rotate freely... as well as the bottom half... sounds like you may have a second bent valve... if it's rotating freely, both top and bottom, then is your timing correct? Maybe the marks got confused??

[jseel]

make sure the cam is in the right position when the box is bolted back on. my friend bolted it on while i was installing the header under the car, thus bending a valve