Date:         Tue, 31 May 2011 19:35:36 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Not able to engage any gear
Comments: To: Kevin Plichta <plichtakevin@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Just a wild guess. Your clutch is not disengaging. Maybe the slave cylinder is not working as you think. Or the throw-out bearing is broken and not permitting the slave to push the plate away. Feel free to fill on the correct technical terms. My brain is on leave of absence at the moment.

Anyway, when the engine is NOT running, there is no force trying to spin the output shaft so the releasing the clutch is nor always needed to shift gears. That's not the case when the engine is spinning.


BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On May 31, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Kevin Plichta <plichtakevin@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:


> Looking for some wisdom. 
> My 91 stock manual, I can not get it to engage in any gear while to motor is running. If I start it with the clutch to the floor and in 1st it acts like its  engage (wants to jump forward).
> I have check the master and slave clutch cylinders and they are not leaking and seem to move when the clutch is pushed down. Seems that with the motor running makes it not want to go into any gears and the motor off goes easily into all the gears? What is different when running or not?
> Thanks for your help.
> Kevin Plichta