Hey guys, well sometimes when I shift into first or reverse, it won't go into place, but if I start letting go of the clutch while pushing the shifter in at normal force, it'll slide in Gear perfectly. Any ideas why?

 

Assuming this only happens when you're at a dead standstill, this is easy. The teeth on your gears will most of the time mesh no problem, but once in a while will go peak-to-peak instead of peak-to-valley. Lightly releasing the clutch starts moving one of the gears, so they break this deadlock, and then mesh like normal.

 

^^ what he said, what kind of trans fluid are you using?

 

that's normal if it only happens once in a while....if it's all the time, you might need to change your fluid...

 

More of a cold weather thing to.

 

That makes a lot of sense haha. Thankyou! And oil I have no idea I bought the car used, maybe it'd be a good idea to change it eh? Haha

 

yeah cold weather makes gear oil about as viscous as soft serve ice cream...use a light full synthetic...

 

Ultra noob question...... And i know I can search it and find out how but since I'm here how...do..I. Do that

 

change gear oil?? drain and refill...there's two bolts, one is the drain hole, and one is the fill hole...

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/04...lper-pics.html

 

Well I know that idk where haha, I'll figure it out!

Edit: didn't see the link, thank you!

 

yeah i second this aswell it can happen from time to time< if you were driving at say 3-4000 rpm then i would be worried cause that the problem i have and im sure it my synchro.