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| | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | My truck is a 1/2 ton, 1953. I just got my transmissions swapped out, hooked everything back up, put the shifter back in. I have the truck on the hoist, just off the floor. I started the engine and am going through the gears. It shifts into all the gears fine (not sure about reverse) but when I let the clutch up, it stalls out as if it is stuck in 2 gears. I picked the transmission up at Jim Carter's last Sept, they checked it over, I think the problem is a minor one. Any help is much appreciated. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Release the emergency brake.  If the wheels are off the ground with no resistance, the rear brakes must be on/screwed up. Or rear end/driveshaft locked. Turn the rear wheels by hand one at a time with engine off and trans in neutral to check movement of driveline. If it is still stuck, push in clutch. If that works, its a clutch component bind. Clutch plate/spring fingers,fork, pilot bushing or throw out bearing could be binding somehow. Never heard of tranny guts getting that screwed up after being checked over and lubed.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Problem solved, the shifter fork was not aligned correctly. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | These guys with the heated cozy shops with lifts can do anything they want regardless of our winter weather! Good luck with your new tranny, Leo. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 441 Stovebolt Photo Moderator | | Stovebolt Photo Moderator Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 441 | Leo,
What are you going to do with that old transmission? I thought it was kind of quiet once the fluid levels were topped out.
Glad to hear from you.
Amtrakjoe, I sat next to that transmission coming back from Jim Carter's .......
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