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Originally Posted by Caspeed
Good post Tcoat. Often the problem is the "Death Grip" people use when shifting.
As far as the 2nd gear cold shift "issue". I have it every now and then, but it's not an problem for me. It feels to me, not like a tranny problem but more, like a clutch not fully releasing or dragging. Which would explain why the synchro resists the shift.
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Nah, it's not the clutch. The whole transmission is swimming in molasses when it's cold so as soon as you push in the clutch and drop into neutral, the input side drags to a halt FAST.
It's all in the timing. You don't have to use the death grip but the trick is to not pause in neutral. Move from first to putting a little bit of pressure on the second-gear synchros quickly before the front side has time to spool down. If you're quick, no pressure is required. When the speeds of the gearsets match, it will drop into second like butter.
If you pause in neutral, then the resistance you feel is the second gear synchro having to do all the work to spin the input side back up through the molasses.