Teeth will be missing or other visual problem like missing weights, out of round, etc.
Bad starter, bad flywheel/ring gear, bad starter/flywheel alignment.
A bad flywheel can definitely cause the engine not to turn over. The flywheel has teeth. If the teeth are chipped or broken, then the starter can not engage to spin the engine over.
bad, you can break teeth of of your flywheel or your starter
if the starter is bad you will hear one single click, if the flywheel is bad it will sound like a heard of daemons are trying to exit from under your vehicle. if its your flywheel you will know what i mean by the comparison
The flywheel can be cracked or the teeth on the flywheel can be broken or worn. Either of these conditions require the flywheel be replaced. I would also replace the starter when replacing the flywheel. This will prevent damage to the new flywheel from the worn teeth on the old starter.
Its probably a bad flywheel
No, there is no need to replace the flywheel but it is a good idea to have the flywheel surface machined.
No, and you need the flywheel if you expect the car to move. Timing is adjusted in the distributor, not by the flywheel.
This can be caused by a worn flywheel, or a bad starter drive. You'll need to remove the starter and look at the flywheel to see which is bad.
yes you can all you need to do is switch the automatic flywheel and putt on a standard flywheel and make sure the clutch from the transmission will bolt up to the flywheel.
sounds like it might be a bad starter causing the damage. the only way to know for sure is to have someone who you know is good with vehicles look at it
The starter is underneath the car on the passenger side. The flywheel is in the transmission bellhousing.