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Yes Plymouth Adams. I starting assembling the grille area today hoping the location would reveal itself...got it!

Hi andyd, Yes that piece is quite similar to fender brace; i do have those which will probably not be reinstalled. this piece is still a mystery to me but i'm trying to scour any pic i can to get a glimpse of possible location.

Hello all! now that i have the clutch issue behind me for now, i am assembling the last few parts on the front end of my car. it has been so long since I took it apart, i am not recalling where the attached piece is supposed to go. any guidance?

Hi DJ, if you would have asked me this question a week ago I would have answered [no]. However, given what i have experienced (hands-on) with friends and a super knowledgeable car guy (87 yrs old & friend), i have learned a ton. I am thankful to have had the input from folks like yourself on this forum, combined with friends knowledge. Cheers!

Hi RobertKB, thx for your note. yes I do have a manual and that adjustment gave us anxiety due tot he sensitivity of moving that nut. hopefully all stay well for a while as i break in the newly rebuilt engine, trans and clutch. Cheers!

Hi Sam! Thanks for your feedback. the short answer is we got it working later this afternoon...yippee yahoo! The solution appeared to be both, getting the gearshift selector correct and once set, it wouldn't go into 2nd/3rd. So we realized the clutch plate was not disengaging fully. So.........we gave it a couple turns and for the first time, drove the car around a parking lot. I'd share the video but the file is too large. Having said that, I agree with you that I need to get the clutch adjustment lever back to normal which. i will do after our sons wedding on June 14th. I need the car for the event.

Hi Ivan, thx again for your contributions. yes, we did follow the brief explanation in the manual.

Hi Ivan, unfortunately not. according to the manual, the pic i shared of the gear shifter control rod, basically just controls the horizontal position of the shift lever hanging off the steering column inside the car. i believe my issue is with the gearshift selector rod. more diagnosis needed.

Ivan, gong back in time, i found an older pic of my setup prior to disassembly and it is reassembled accordingly, I think I'm ok.

Thx Ivan. The gear shifter control rod seems to be working as required, and as you had noted about the rubber grommet, that seems in very good condition. It is adjusting the gearshift selector rod that is giving us issues. Ivan, interesting comparison with the earlier pic you had shared. My lever and rod are reversed to the set up on yours. I wonder in my reassembly if I put this together wrong. thoughts?

Ivan, Thx for your note. Yes, we were able to shift the gears pulling the levers by hand

...update. based on the feedback from you (thx!) we first checked to see if we were getting disengagement of the clutch. Turns out we needed to extend the clutch adjustment rod which, to me seemed wrong as I felt it should stay stock. However, we ran out of adjustment with its current length so we added a temporary extension and that worked to get the clutch separation we needed. next, we had a terrible time trying to adjust the gearshift selector rod to get the transmission to go into reverse. While on jack stands, we eventually got it dialed in but...when I put the car on the ground, we lost reverse again and now cannot get it back. This is very baffling. we did notice the assembly of the gear selector rod (i.e. double nut, block and spring) is very sloppy. The car has 44,000 original miles and both the engine and transmission have been rebuilt. what am i missing?

Thanks Sniper!

I did remove the clutch cover late yesterday, Waiting for friend to come by tomorrow and pursue. Will keep you posted on progress. Thanks all!

Hello all! I'm having issues with the transmission shifting. When car is off, i can run thru the 3 speed without any issues. When car is running, i get grinding trying to get Reverse and 2nd gear. The transmission was rebuilt several years ago as was the engine. Seems the clutch is not totally dis-engaging. We've tried all visible adjustments and feel maybe adjustment must be needed to the clutch itself. If i remove the clutch cover plate, can it be adjusted from there? Any thoughts welcome. Thanks!