[Fot] Overdrive issue

[Tony Drews]

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