Creek

OK hey y'all pleased to be here i hope some one can help me....I had a mechanic i found on (craigs) put in new motor..I decided to put in new clutch as well...Ok every thing goes in..Motor sounds good..(carb toast another story)...When truck is idling it will not shift?...When i turn ignition off...It shifts fine??...Line was bled by mechanic..But he has since fled..Now i have a truck i can not drive...Any ideas on my clutch dilemma??...I would love to know..Thank you..Creek

Travisfab

What do you mean by shifting? Are you saying it wont go into gear?

Creek

It will shift but i had to realy force it and jam it in first...and was lucky to get it into reverse to get in driveway...grinding noises...And when truck is off...s into gears like butter

Creek

The guy that put it in said it may be the slave cylinder?...As he did bleed the line and that did not do anything?

TechWrench

It could be problem with slave cylinder, or adjustment. Also could be problem with pilot bushing/bearing for input shaft in rear of crankshaft.

wyoming9

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Hi Creek welcome!!

Be nice to know where you live .

Did you get this truck and never did drive it till the new engine and clutch were installed??

Do you have someone who can push the clutch pedal while you watch if you have full range of movement on the slave cylinder .

Possible problems that are easy fixes .

Clutch still needs some more bleeding.

The rod on the Master cylinder needs adjusted.

Could be a bad or wrong slave cylinder..

For the rest of the problems you will be pulling the transmission out .

Forgot to install the throw out bearing or have it in backwards .

Wrong clutch in correct box

transmission is just shot but will go in gear with engine off just fine because nothing is moving

I do wish you well and hope it is simple.

Creek

Hello all,...I am still unable to drive truck...do to funds,,I was not able to take to shop...I did have a guy come over and bleed the new slave i put in...Only way i can get the truck to shift is to pump hard between shifts(any gear)....Could this be because he did not have a vacume when he bled it?...Any tips?...Thank you!

myyota

I would recomend that you alse replace the clutch master cylinder, they can go bad and not apply enought presure to the slave cylinder, and it would also be a good idea to replace the shifter seat and bushing. I had to do all of these on my 86 4Runner and now it shifts very smooth.

Creek

Thank you myyota.You are probably right...as everything else seemed to have gone out..I am hoping that will get my truck up and running.

Creek

And yes wyoming9...I did drive the truck..purchased it cheap...Had front end dif redone drove it a few times..then the engine blew..I have put quite abit into it and hope i do not have to put way to much more into it..But i love these trucks so i am gonna stick to it.

myyota

Considering the age of our trucks and that alot of people don`t take care of them as well as they should, when you buy it sometimes you end up buying all the problems it has from lack of maintenance, but once you get all of the problems fixed you will have a truck thats very reliable and will still be on the road for many more miles and years to come, so don`t give up on it.