Andy -
It's pretty easy to check whether you're in gear, of course. If you are,
and the gearbox output shaft still spins freely, then there's something
disengaging the clutch when you push in the gearbox / bellhousing.
Try this. Remove the gearbox and bellhousing (I know how much THAT cuts
against the grain!). Reinsert your alignment tool, apply some torque to
it and see if it'll turn, without turning the motor. It shouldn't. If it
does, then the clutch plate is probably in backwards (wrong face
forward).
If everything is OK there, make sure the gearbox is in gear (try turning
the input and output shafts in opposing directions at the same time. You
should feel one hand fighting the other. If you just turn the output
shaft and WATCH the input shaft, you might be deceived as a result of
bearing friction coupling the two).
Last thing to check before reinstalling the gearbox is the throwout
mechanism. Is the lever free? Is the rod that couples the lever to the
slave cylinder positioned properly (either inserted in the slave
cylinder or, if the slave is removed, sticking out of the bell housing
through the hole where the slave WILL be)? Is the throwout bearing
pressed all the way home on its carrier? Is the carrier properly
attached to the lever? If so, go for it!
Good luck,
Bill Kelly
'62 Herald, close cousin of a '67 Spit
'68 TR250
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