[Z0rb]

Hello All,

I am working on what I believe is a 2002 Ford Crown Vic Police car 4.6l with over 100K miles on it. The codes that I pulled off are p303 and p304 cylinder misfires. The story goes as follows. The driver was on the highway and started hearing a loud screeching noise. The CEL light stated flashing. Once off the highway he was trying to get to a parking lot and the car just died.

I headed out late last night and pushed him into a nearby parking lot. The next morning we headed out to the parking lot to assess the problem.The battery was low but still had a charge. I had him try and turn the car over. I saw the battery discharging on the gauge and I heard one loud click where the starter solenoid was engaging but nothing is turning. When I looked at the engine while the driver was trying to turn it over I saw a little displacement on the serpentine but not much. At this point I broke out the tow straps and towed it home.

Later today I charged the battery fully something like 13.6 volts was the reading. I popped the serpentine belt off and made sure all of the pulleys spun ok. I attempted to move the crank but could not. I was not sure if because this was a V8 (used to working on nothing bigger than a side mount V6), I just did not have the strength to turn it. All the fluids are OK, oil, coolant. Nothing seemed to be leaking, but when I tried moving the crank with a wrench and a lever I could not budge it.

I guess my question is. Is there a way to turn the crank to make sure nothing is seized up on the inside. Also the method that I used to attempt to turn the crank, how hard should I have to pull to move it? As silly as is my sound should I just put the thing in gear and try to push it with another vehicle to see if it move then?

Any thoughts on this? I was approaching this as if I just needed to check plugs and coil packs.

Any input would be great, because I am not sure what the next step should be.
Thanks
Mike T.