<VV> HELP clutch won't engage

[Roger Gault]

Sounds like the transmission input shaft is broken.

Roger Gault

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Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: <VV> HELP clutch won't engage


> Problem:  will not engage the transmission.... I.E. engine will not drive
> the van.
>
>
> Help!  I am helping mu nephew with his new to him 1963 corvair van.  It
> will not engage the engine to the wheels.  It is a 110 with a 4speed sag.
> transmission.  When I push on the clutch I can feel the fingers of the
> pressure plate being engaged and released.   When I let up on the clutch
> there is slack in the cable at the bell housing,  but the van will not
> move.  When I move the stick shift I can feel the transmission go into
> gear.  There are no strange noises being made like a stripped gear or a
> broken clutch.  I am stumped.
>
> So my question is what to check now?  I have checked:
> 1) Clutch cable.  It has slack.
> 2) transmission goes into gear.
> 3) engine runs... never slows when clutch is released.
>
> Help
> Chuck
>
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