RE: [DML] Just changed to SS Clutch line, better, but REVERSE and 1st gear STILL won't go!

[jwit6@xxxx]

Trans shift cable and bell cramk adjustment is critical and very sensitive. A turn of only 1 flat on the cable adj nuts will have a large impact on shift accuracy. Also check the service manual on shift lever adjustment relative to the shift gate. The shifter should be self centering in the 3rd/4th shift gate. Also, bad trans and engine mounts can make a difference in accuracy that changes as you drive or corner hard.
Jim
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"steve" <steve@xxxx> wrote:

>81 Manual Delorean ?17k miles
>
>Clutch starting to not go into 1st and reverse a month after i got 
>the car, the previous owner didn't drive much. still had stock clutch 
>line, ?i replaced it with the SS clutch line, bled it out and every 
>thing. ?I had NO clutch fluid leak anywhere. ?My fluid level is 
>good, ?right after we put it in, we tested the clutch when it was 
>still half way up on jacks, the reverse and first gear worked very 
>well (little stickyness in reverse), but we go and drive it and 1st 
>gear still has trouble getting into it, and reverse ALWAYS wants to 
>grind, sometimes, the thing spins down and stops, but most of the 
>time the gear just wont go in cause it rubs. ? i have no more money, 
>what in the ? ? freak ?is going on........ ?tired of this. remember , 
>the car only has 17k miles and all gears are sticky kinda but 1st and 
>reverse are wayy worse. ?also 5th gear has always been hard-you got 
>to slam it in there to get it to work. ?please help before i go 
>insane.