The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline Canopy doesnt go into gear

good morning to all,
a while back, my son and i were on a weekend cruise to visit my brother about 60 miles away in 100^ weather. we get to his house, pick him up for lunch and noticed that second gear was hard to get into. ok, we get to restaraunt and park the truck because now all gears are hard to engage. we eat hoping it needs to cool off, we get in and the truck shifts fine when not running but as soon as we start it the truck jumps like the clutch isnt engaged. we towed it home
1. i checked clutch, clutch shop said its fairly new
2. tranny was taken to shop, mechanic said it needed 3rd gear work plus synchro. that was done
3. all is back together, but the same problem exists. cant change gears while running, clutch adjustment done too.

I wonder if you have a steel pilot bushing and the clutch gear (input shaft) is seized to the bushing making the crank and transmission turn as one.

That sounds like the common statement "The battery is only a year old. It should be able to start the engine".
I would suspect the clutch hanging up as well like sstock said.

gang, thanks for the info. i know to well about mechanics that why i try to do the work myself but due to sciatica and bad back i went another COSTLY route..my brother who has a 52 chevy 3100 also said that this is a common issue, adjustment needs to be done on the linkage shown below...


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well i got the canopy back from the "mechanic" the shift box was what i thought the problem was, i took the lid off and it had no grease. i put grease in it and was goign to adjust arms, but before i do that how can i adjust them. i know in neutral but make the rods the same height?

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