NEED HELP..badly!!

ok..here we go, got bored and drove my car around my neighrborhood, its all good, by the way, its a project car, '72 1.7L, been working on it and this was just another test drive, ok..driving, stop at a stop sign, get going goto change to second, no gears, at all..but can feel the shifter go in, go down to 1st again, somewhat power, then gone, no power in any gear, engine revs and turns fine, but no trans..car stops rolling up hill, get out and look and oil leaking out of both push rod tubes more than used too, was leaking some anyways, oil all over the top of the engine, and oil coming out of the back of the engine where it connects to the trans, drip.drip..drip...have no idea at all what happen, but i need it fixed, anyone have any ideas on what happen, and suggestions to fix it..???, please dont tell me i have to pull the engine..
ian

[JP Noonan]

See if it is motor oil or gear oil. There is a sight hole in the top of the tranny that "may" be how gear oil made it on top of the motor. My 75 leaks like a sieve when it is hot compared to cold so the pushrod tubes may not mean anything, someone might have used RTV on them (bad idea). Check the dipstick to see if the motor is low. If it is then you may have lost a rear main seal or galley plug then the oil coated the clutch disc. If it is gear oil you may have blown the front input shaft seal on the trans. Again this may have coated the disc with fluid.

Good news, the motor dosen't have to come out. Bad news, the tranny probably will have to come out, but it can be done with the motor in the car.


Oh yeah, I may have gotten ahead of myself. The oil may have NOTHING to do with it. Look at the clutch cable. It sounds like the clutch works, but look at the shift linkage, things can come loose on those tail shifters pretty easy. It may have poped out of gear and then the rod may have fallen off. Good news is if the tranny blew something inside tail shifters are really cheap. I've seen a lot of them for $75-$100. Nobody wants them.

[This message has been edited by JP Noonan (edited 03-22-99).]

im pretty sure the clutch is gone, when i got it home i put it in gear and the wheels would turn just fine, not like they should, it should have been trying to turn the engine as well..guess ill go ahead and pull the tranny, and i have a spare from my parts car, so im not worried bout it being bad..