CGT wouldn't move...

[Jim Green]

--- veetesse <veetesse at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> Time to play detective... (to borrow the game from
> Monsieur Swann...)
>
> Patient:  1981 Coupe GT (the ITB car)
>
> Situation:  I recently pulled the engine and put in
> a 4kq JT engine for
> testing purposes and an upcoming track event.  After
> wrestling with the
> engine to get it on the input shaft, we adjusted
> angles with the hoist and
> transmission and it slid home.  I put all the fuel
> injection / wiring /
> cooling system back together, started it up... seems
> to run fine.
>
> I reattached the subframe, verified everything once
> more, dropped it down
> for a test drive, put it in gear, let out the clutch
> and... NOTHING.  WTH?
> Clutch is indeed actuating and I can get all the
> gears... no pops, grinds or
> other expensive noises.  It seems like I'm shifting
> through the gears only
> the car does not move under it's own power.  It
> appears to be in neutral.  A
> peak under the car confirms that the shift linkage
> is fine...Clutch is
> adjusted correctly as well.
>
> Damn... I'm thinking I've got to pull the engine and
> redo the clutch or
> something. Bummer.
>
> After talking with a friend, I figured out what the
> problem was and fixed it
> last night, but would anyone care to speculate /
> guess what the issue was?
> It wasn't obvious to me, but it might be to some of
> you...


You had to many beers and were pushing in the brake pedal?

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI Stage II
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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