jrhaden

Ok my buddy just got through putting a new/stock 5.0 back into his car.(91 50 htchbck) He explained it to me as you could start the car with the clutch out. You couldn't put it in gear though running or not? It just grinds when he tries. He installed a new clutch, pressure plate and had the flywheel resurfacedwhen the motor was out. Any suggestions I could give him to try would be great- - -this has got me stumped?

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mattdel

if it doesn't go into gear while the car is off, he's got some problems internally.

90Lxstanger

+1 matt, that would suck if thats the case.If its while its running, it sounds to me like its not disengaging enough to let the tranny shift into gearIMO, maybe theres too much slack in the cable, is he using the stock cable? it could be outta adjustment, pull up on the pedal and it should click, if it does then the self-adjuster just worked, do that until it stops, if thats the case.

dimebag

its not a clutch issue if it wont go in w. the car off... ima guess bent, or ****ed shift linkage/forks

90Lxstanger

So is the car started or not? when he tried to put it into gear Jr?

94gtcoupe

a severly messed up syncro will prevent the tranny from going into gear with the car off too.... mine wouldn't go into 1st regardless.... i wish i had a pic of that syncro [&:]

dimebag

but something makes me doubt ALL his syncros went that bad...

90Lxstanger

guess we'll never know........he's offline now[:@]

94gtcoupe

ok dime i'll help you out since u ASSUMED it was all gears.... JR does it not go into all the gears or just a few ???

89 mustang

90Lxstanger++++ too much slack in the cable try that first. it hapends