Gee its been 12 months since my last post.
I have slowly be plugging away and happy to say I drove the car out of the garage for the first time on weekend, needless to say not in the manner I had hoped. More about that in a moment.
The hold up really has centred around lifes challenges and to a lesser a degree finishing off the front seat. I will make another post on what I did there.
Now to my saga on the weekend. I had enormous issues bleeding the clutch. Just couldn't get the air out. Not sure where it has been coming from as I ensured all new fittings were snug up tight. I have gravity bleed and that has been the best approach. I have adjusted gear linkages and when using the clutch I can move into most gears with the motor off. However, when the motor is runnin,g there is no way of finding a gear. When I place her into gear, push the clutch in and then start the engine, she takes off under the steam of the starter motor.
I have read a number of previous posts, and please correct me if I am wrong but I am thinking the clutch plate is stuck to the flywheel. I am not too keen on removing the gearbox.
One thing that doesn't sit right with me is the Slave Cylinder Adjustment rod. I have adjusted the free play and there is very little room for ajustment even if I had to do more. Please see photo. This is significantly different to the amount of adjustment I have left in my ute.
As a side note, the clutch assembly is new, the flywheel has been machined (could a stuck clutch still occur with this?), free play adjustment has taken place at the master and slave, and the pedal adjustment has taken place.
Any suggestions on bleeding the clutch or how to rectify my issues, I would be very grateful. Itching to drive the old girl down the road.
Cheers Rod