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Originally Posted by gman6974
I've read where a lot of new users had issues shifting into 2nd smoothly. No problems there but sometimes shifting into 5th can be a little bit of a pain. I tend to ride the clutch a little going into 5th. Anyone else have problems with this in the beginning?
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The stock Toyota GL-3 gearbox oil is notorious for making it hard to get into gear but mostly 1st on a slow roll or downshift into 2nd gear. Never had a problem with 4th 5th 6th but you should slow down your shifts for these gears as they are single cone synchros (for me it's easy to grind 5th to 4th if too fast). The first three gears on the other hand are triple cone.
I'm using Eneos Gear Oil GL-5 75W90 (same as the JDM Subaru stock oil) and no problems with the first 3 gears in just about any situation.
But like all stick shifts I've managed to grind all 6 gears at least once each with this car over the last 5 years lol!