what is the output shaft doing all this time? you are saying that you can go from first gear to revers gear with the motor running and the clutch engaged without any problems. you need to get under the car, dont start the motor, put the trans. in a gear and see if you can turn the output shaft by hand, then put it in neutral and try to turn the shaft. you should not be able to turn it in gear and it should turn in neutral. sounds like to me the clutch is disengaged all of the time. hope im not makeing this to complicated, but let me know what the output shaft is doing. thanks, michael h.