XMSN, clutch & PP replaced, but...

[Kevin Lewis]

Please help me??? I just replaced my clutch, PP and reinstalled the XMSN. I hook up the clutch cable and tried to get the car in gear. It feels like its going into gear, it feels like I can hit each gear, but when I get out and turn the read hub the flywheel is not turning. Do I have to readjust the clutch shift linkage rod in the tunnel in the car's cab? What could I have not done right? I used a terry cable from PP and it is adjusted with the cable nut way down on the threaded part of the cable. About 2" or so are exposed and it looks like it's almost out of adjustment. Should the clutch cable be adjusted at the foot pedal also?

[Rouser]

OK, maybe I'm being a tad simplistic here; if the rear of your car is off the ground, and you have it in gear, your flywheel is NOT going to "turn", the opposite hub will begin to rotate instead. Even if you anchor the opposite side (I forget which side it is) the flywheel still may not rotate since your car is not equipped with a LSD (Limited Slip Differential).

You have to adjust the clutch (cable) per the Haynes manual, lower the car, verify it's in neutral, start it, drop the clutch pedal (while listening for any unexpected gremlins), and make sure it slides into 1st & Reverse without major drama (i.e. GRRRRRRRRUNNNNCCCCHH!!!!). Afterwards, you have to see/feel where the clutch is engaging and adjust accordingly.

[HMeeder]

And after having adjusted the clutch per Rouser's method, you may have to adjust the shift linkage. Since you have pulled/replaced the tranny, the relationship between the linkage and the transmission has changed. It doesn't take much to throw that off enough for shifting to become 'challenging'.

Also, if you have the adjustment nut all the way down the threaded part of the cable, you may have put the truncheon on backwards. The truncheon is the sleeve thing with 2 round ears that slides over the cable and rests in the pcket for the throwout bearing fork. Flipping it over (if it is in backwards) will give you another 3/4 inch of adjustment. Of course, you may have a newer truncheon in which case the ears are 'V' shaped and there is only one way to put it on.

[Kevin Lewis]

Thank you both for the reply. Rouser, I don't know what the hell I was thinking about, but I put one of the wheels on and placed a ramp under that tire and kept the other on the jack point and I was able to turn the flywheel. I needed to pull the valve train to replace the push rod tubes and seals.
Herb,
Thanks for your input also I will adjust the linkage as soon as I get the car back on the road, possibly next week. I remember when I replaced all of the linkage bushings last year I had to open up the tunnel and make a few fine tuning adjustments after everything was back together. My trunion is a v-shaped type and can only go on one way. I just figure the Terry cable is a bit longer than the OEM one.

[Rouser]

I noticed that too.

I replaced mine recently and, with all things being equal, the Terry cable did seem to be a tad longer than the original one.

I just threw a couple steel washers after the onion/trunnel/whatever, just to shim the double-nuts away from it; made it easier to adjust.