Another clutch issue ( disengage)
Yeah still moving the forks on the pressure plate, i would say maybe a little more than an inch or so.
my thoughts by it not wanting to go in gear when car is running, is the clutch is not engaging fully! If you have launch this thing really hard you could have cause something internal in the transmission then.
Yes, i stated that in the 1st post that it is not engaging/ disengaging correctly, I tend not to believe that it is internal because it should still disengage when i start the car in 1st and it is running. When it is off it shifts through all the gears properly
had same problem with mine.... same exact thing... pulled tranny of and wow what do you know... the clutch disk exploded and got lodge intbween causing it not to disengage.... one of two things.... your retainerr clip popped out/ your throw out bearing is cashed... or hmmmm well thats all i can think lol
one way or another... that tranny is going to have to come off
one way or another... that tranny is going to have to come off
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i have experience w/ this on other vehicles as well. "IF" no other parts failed (which im assuming is not the culprit since u had no signs of issues earlier) then im pretty sure what happened is what has happened to me and my friends alot... the disc got over heated and is now partially stuck to either the flywheel or pressure plate. So even when you try to disengage it (and it should now be free spinning its catching and spinning just enough to not allow the tranny to slide a gear in. If its minor here is the fix... (in fact we did this to my friends supra last sunday at the track, same problem)
Put the car in 1st gear (w/ the engine off). Then start the car (clutch stays down) It will lurch forward because the spinning of the crank is now also spinning the clutch disc(since its stuck to the flywheel or pressure plate). Normally the flywheel/pressure plate should be spinning w/ the motor and the disc is free. Dont be alarmed... do it and keep it running.. keep the clutch ALL the way down even if the car moves forward a bit. Blip the gas if u have to, in order to keep the motor running. What will happen is the motor will eventually free the disc. Rev it (low revs)... then push the clutch in/out (w gas of course) like your trying to leave in 1st gear. Eventually the car will loosen and you'll drive off... then try a 2nd gear change. If you can change its fixed. It will be a lil' rough for a few changes but it will eventually free itself completely.
THIS IS FROM MY EXPERIENCES AND FROM MY FRIENDS ON EVOS, SUPRAS, HONDA ETC... RUNNING GRIPPY AFTERMARKET PUCK TYPE CLUTCHES. ITS COMMON I HAVE FOUND. It happened to the Supra after a burnout at the track. Once freed it was good to go again. Same w/ some Hondas and my Evo.
Put the car in 1st gear (w/ the engine off). Then start the car (clutch stays down) It will lurch forward because the spinning of the crank is now also spinning the clutch disc(since its stuck to the flywheel or pressure plate). Normally the flywheel/pressure plate should be spinning w/ the motor and the disc is free. Dont be alarmed... do it and keep it running.. keep the clutch ALL the way down even if the car moves forward a bit. Blip the gas if u have to, in order to keep the motor running. What will happen is the motor will eventually free the disc. Rev it (low revs)... then push the clutch in/out (w gas of course) like your trying to leave in 1st gear. Eventually the car will loosen and you'll drive off... then try a 2nd gear change. If you can change its fixed. It will be a lil' rough for a few changes but it will eventually free itself completely.
THIS IS FROM MY EXPERIENCES AND FROM MY FRIENDS ON EVOS, SUPRAS, HONDA ETC... RUNNING GRIPPY AFTERMARKET PUCK TYPE CLUTCHES. ITS COMMON I HAVE FOUND. It happened to the Supra after a burnout at the track. Once freed it was good to go again. Same w/ some Hondas and my Evo.
Everything else is working fine, trans and drivetrain. Pretty positive that the clutch is still partially stuck on the pressure plate or the flywheel.
Any other suggestions?
the easiest way to tell if the clip is disengaged is to get under neath the car and pull the little black plug out of the transmission under neath the slave cylinder and look up in and see if it is disengaged. its not hard at all.
Pull out the tranny, the clutch is toast dude! Either you broke a spring, some other part of the clutch, or fused the disc to the flywheel. I did this about a year ago with a southbend clutch, it was the fused flywheel/disc. 
Not happy about that one.
Not happy about that one.
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Well I did some clutch adjustment, its seems to fix the problem but I had to max out the travel to both the push rod and the switch to get it fully disengage properly. I'm sure I'll probably have to pull the trans out eventually, this prolong that day to come. Good luck to the OP.