I would say your clutch is not releasing properly. Could be a busted section of the clutch disk, or the clutch cylinders are not doing their thing. > With the engine > OFF, I was able to put it into 1st, start the engine, and hobble home in > 1st. If I take it out of gear now with the engine on, it's almost > impossible to get it back into any gear. > > AND (I think this is important), depressing the clutch pedal doesn't seem > to take the transmission out of gear (this happens in 1st and reverse). |
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