Thanks all for the help so far. It is a Chevy.
Today I removed the tranny cover again and confirmed that the shift forks ARE properly lined up in their galleries. Lugnutz`s scenerio seems likely as the truck does lurch when starting with tranny in gear. So it`s a real possibility that the input shaft is hung up in the pilot bushing. I assume now it`s time to take the whole thing apart and start over by firstly removing the transmission to check things out. Will I need to drain the new mineral oil out first? When I purchased the clutch kit it came with new bushing which if I remember correctly went in without too much trouble. After reading several posts I`m wondering since the motor is a 1952 that had originally had a powerglide tranny and now is hooked up to a four speed that it may require a different size bushing?? Everything seemed to go together properly when I installed the transmission last time but it has been a few months ago....
