Repost with extra stuff at the end removed (first one bounced at
team.net) - Tony
At 11:49 AM 3/31/2007, Tony Drews wrote:
>Congrats at getting that sucker going! Condolences on the tranny issue.
>
>There are a couple of things I can think of that may cause this:
>1. There are two different length throwout bearing carriers. If you
>have the "long" one installed and the "short" one is needed, it
>could possibly be pushing in the clutch fingers when assembled.
>2. If the bearing carrier is not engaged with the fingers in the
>actuating yoke but in front of those fingers instead, it would cause
>the clutch to be pushed in / disengaged when assembled.
>3. Some sort of issue with the slave cylinder linkage (hopefully
>this is the problem, because you don't have to pull the tranny to fix that).
>4. A problem in the master cylinder that causes the clutch to not
>disengage once pushed in. Some master cylinders intended for
>braking use have some sort of check valve in them, I'm told.
>
>Take the slave cylinder linkage loose and see if you have any plan
>in the clutch actuating lever, that'll give you a starting
>point. If there IS play in the actuating lever, and the engine
>still doesn't drive the car, I'm as somewhat of a loss as to what
>would cause that. If, when you're taking the slave cylinder off you
>notice that it's been pushing on the actuating lever, and once
>released the tranny engages with the engine, you need to look at the
>linkage assembly and master cylinder.
>
>I'm assuming that it's a stock style pressure plate.
>
>- Tony
>
>At 11:28 AM 3/31/2007, Chuck Arnold wrote:
>>Good luck. If you are still on I have a quick question. Got my
>>TR250 [TR5] to run this week [big achievement]. Took it out to
>>test drive and the engine is not talking to the tranny. Clutch
>>must be stuck in the engaged position. I just installed it. All I
>>can think of is that the part with the clutch fingers is too "tall"
>>for this setup. I had been using it [it is a Spec] with my Toyota
>>conversion. I am now back to the TR tranny. Thought the clutch's
>>were interchangeable. Does my reasoning seem sound as I am about
>>to pull the %%&&** tranny again.
>>Chuck
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