It won't go into gear!!

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Fact: Full clutch depression does not disengage hydraulic clutch.

Question: Was the clutch depressed when the engine or transmission was out 
of the car? There is a warning in the Bentley for my 4KQ about this, but NO 
MENTION OF HOW OR WHY this could cause a problem. It is a hint that loosely 
relates clutch operation problems with work on the engine or transmission.

BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE WARNING, THIS PART OF YOUR POST WORRIES ME: "Just a 
week before I first put the engine back
together (first week of march), I was able to shift
nice and smooth into all gears."

SOUNDS LIKE YOU (might have) INVOKED THE WRATH OF BOTH THE BENTLEY AND THE 
QUANTUM DIETIES. Can't say they didn't try to warn you. It is right there 
in their bible.

I'd also examinine the path of the hydraulic clutch assembly in relation to 
the rebuilt head, and try to figure out the most likely place that allowed 
the clutch assembly to get damaged/tampered with by the head R/R.

I'd suspect air in the hydraulic path, if the clutch pedal did not return 
fully, but you say it feels exactly the same.........

Doyt Echelberger
old 4KQ owner



 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
At 04:46 PM 4/5/2006, you wrote:
>Hi all!!
>
>I got my '87 VW Quantum Syncro (same drive
>train/tranny as the 4KQ) started last evening after a
>top end engine rebuilt, and when I went to put it
>into first gear for a test drive, the shifter would
>not budge at all!!!
>
>Left it in neutral, as always when parked, and engine
>started right up.
>
>Clutch pedal feels the same as before engine rebuilt,
>which was working just fine.
>
>If I try pushing the shifter a bit, with engine
>idling, the grinding would start. Yes, with the clutch
>pedal all the way in.
>
>I turned the engine off and still, it will not get
>into any of the gears except second and reverse. While
>engine is idling, it won't get into second or reverse
>either.
>
>Left it in reverse with the clutch pedal all the way
>in and tried to start engine and the car stalled and
>moved back about 2 feet, and engine did not start.
>Immediately following, I had a hard time (but careful
>not to damage shifting gear) placing the shifter back
>into neutral.
>
>Just a week before I first put the engine back
>together (first week of march), I was able to shift
>nice and smooth into all gears.
>
>Liquids are fine and the car doesn't appear to have a
>leak in the tranny area, either.
>
>It took me about 5 months to do the rebuilt since I
>work on it only on spare moments, busy with work and
>stuff; so car sat about that long.
>
>What went wrong now????
>
>Slave master cylinder?
>
>Stuck Clutch?
>
>Thanks in advance for your replies!!
>
>-Louis
>
>
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