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Stuck clutch 2

 So the clutch is stuck. I got the adjustable cable installed it got a nice firm line stwpped on the pedal and the cable goes floppy again.  The stock adjuster isn't allowing any preload which means there's not enough throw. So I replaced the quadrant with a non adjustable piece and added a firewall adjuster. No big deal. Clutch feels firmer but I went down another rabbit hole. I figured id button up the drivers side splash guard and add just a hair of toe-in on the passenger side tie rod. The tie rod end was rusty and the threads were junked up so I had to replace that just to get the car down again.  Tomorrow we see if the clutch engages or if I am pulling it all back apart because I glued the clutch disc to the flywheel.

Stuck clutch

Well the clutch is stuck. Now that the gas tank pump and filter is changed, It runs, idles and ran up to temperature fine, I set the timing to 10 degrees just until I can street drive it. The cooling fans came on and I have heat cycled the exhaust 3 times. The catalytic converters have something smoking off them from the time they spent in the woods under the Lincoln. The power steering is bled, I set the idle at 900 because there it doesn't hunt for idle at all and then did a base idle reset and set the tps to 1.01 volt throttle closed.  But it won't go into gear. If you start it clutch depressed in gear it jumps. If its running clutch depressed it won't go into gear and gives you "the whine" that tells you the transmission input shaft is rotating. Clutch throw seems short so i am waiting on a new cable. I tried the self adjustment and but no clicks or pops I rerouted the cable because it probably wasn't the proper routing but no luck. If you depress the clut