<VV> HELP clutch won't engage

[James Davis]

It's an FC.  You can easily do it in the van   Just pull the cover off the 
transaxle and remove the differential top cover.  Now start the engine and 
see if the pinion shaft is turning.
Jim Davis

At 05:01 PM 5/14/2005, N. Joseph Potts wrote:
>Splines in the bore of the pinion shaft in the differential have stripped.
>The output shaft of the transmission in spinning in the bore. Only way to
>verify this is to take the transaxle out and separate the differential from
>the transmission.
>
>Joe Potts
>Miami, Florida USA
>1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
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>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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