I just read thru some posts, couple recent ones were nice. I got to the point on a recent one where Carl Beck is stating dont keep the collars too close to each other and smacked myself! My problem is I think I actually put the wrong collar on my 4 spd. I put in a 280 motor and left all the clutch assembly intact, I hooked up 4spd tranny up to it and left the 5 spd for later use if wanted. I "thought" I changed over the collars correctly but Im thinking somehow in my mess of garage and delay in this particular project I may of mixed em up. Right now I have slight friction and can barely get any reaction to the wheels, this is with adjusting the slave cylinder out as far as I could go. My question is, if the wrong collar is on there would you even get any friction at all on the clutch? Making sure here, I pretty much know Ill be yanking the tranny out, just trying to save the inevitable if possible. This is for my 71.

If the throwout collar is too long then it will be pressing against the pressure plate fingers, which will partially disengage the clutch. Try wiggling the clutch fork by hand. If you can not move it at all by hand, then the collar is too long.