Progress?

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 10/09/2017 at 22:25 • Filed to: '71Chevelle

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My garage isn’t that well lit; there’s a 500W halogen light shining on it.

Today, after adding oil to the transmission and adjusting the clutch linkage (skeptical of the ‘spec’ for play at the pedal) I rolled the Chevelle out into the driveway and started it up for the first time in months (no drama there, started right up once gas had time to make it to the carb). I rolled it outside since I’ve made the mistake of starting an engine with new headers indoors once before...

Once things warmed up and the smokescreen cleared from the burning header paint, it was time to see if it would drive.

Naturally, it wouldn’t go into gear, as the clutch doesn’t seem to be releasing the whole way. I think it’s close, since if I put it in gear and held the clutch in it would crank over fairly well, but it wanted nothing to do with engaging any gear, understandably.

A friend and I pushed it back into the garage; at least now that the headers are baked I can start it up inside without much chance of asphyxiation. Tomorrow I’ll adjust the clutch linkage and see if that’s enough to get it to go into gear. I hope that’s all it takes, and it’s not some stupid issue with the throw-out bearing or such.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MM54 10/09/2017 at 22:35

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Progress is always good! I had a similar disappointment when I got done with my turbo rebuild. First I hadn’t righted downt the oil feed line banjo bolt, so oil got all over the turbo and smoked like crazy. Then it ran like crap because. In a hurry, I had bought what ever cheap spark plug O’Reily’s had in stock.

That was very disappointing because I wanted to drive my dang car, but he problems were easy to fix and everything worked out. Hope things go the same way for you.