LanciaMad said:

I fitted a 6 speed box to my punto (1242 8v 2001) on sunday with the new clutch. Put it all back together and it doesnt seem as though the clutch is disengaging......

The slave cylinder appears to be moving ok when the clutch is depressed however it wont go into gear, when the engine is turned off it will go into all gears freely so I dont think it is the gearbox (although it has been standing for about 6 months).

Any ideas? I think I probably broke the clutch somehow when I put the gearbox back on, looks like im gonna have to take it all off again.

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LanciaMad said:

I know what Ive done now, after thinking for a while it dawned on me. The first atempt to put the gearbox back on failed so I took it back out and reajusted the friction plate on the clutch (undoing the houseing bolts a little to help) I must have forgotten to tighten them back up

I found a little inspection hatch on the gearbox and you can see to clutch plate not tight to the flywheel.

I then realised that I can actually tighten the clutch up through the inspection hatch.

In my excitement I dropped my 10mm spanner into the gearbox through this hatch.

I now have a selection of magnets to try and fish it out, if not then it looks like I'll only have to take the box off a little bit.


I feel sick

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