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Tcoat · 03-31-2016, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

He's right ^

Status report: It's been a quiet night.

My shift is over. The helm is yours, captain.

*Signs off*

Very good. Carry on.

Speck · 03-31-2016, 12:11 PM

I ran into this a little bit. Sometimes it was a little tough getting into first gear. I made the switch to synthetic tranny fluid a few months ago (same mileage as you right now) and it shifts like butta and has seemed to go away.

cdrazic93 · 03-31-2016, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Very good. Carry on.

look at me. I am the captain now

jawn · 03-31-2016, 12:41 PM

If you can't put the car into first or reverse ALL of the time, your pressure plate might be toast. If it's intermittent, it's normalish.

humfrz · 03-31-2016, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jawn

..................... it's normalish.

A good descriptive term for our cars .........

humfrz

humfrz · 03-31-2016, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrazic93

look at me. I am the captain now

Careful, there @cdrazic93 ........ or @Tcoat may have you out on the plank .....

humfrz

ShadowReaper · 03-31-2016, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TimmyC

I'm pretty new to driving stick and have had my car for almost a year. I bought her used and she now has almost 29k miles. One time during the summer when I came back from vacation (1.5 weeks of not driving her) I turned her on and gave her 10 minutes to warm up but I couldn't put her into reverse. I just rolled down the driveway and put her into first and started driving then after a short drive, reverse worked fine. Earlier today at a stoplight I could not put her into first. I was at a complete stop, clutched in and it felt as if I would break something if I were to jammed it into first.

Has anyone else had this problem? This has only happend once and it is my first MT car so I'm quite confused.

I dont know if this matters but maintence wise I have only done one oil change at 27k miles (got the car at 22500 miles) and going to bring her into the dealership to do a 30k soon.

I have only had trouble downshifting to 1st from 2nd but all that is speed. From a stop 1st is pretty smooth.

FRSBRZGT86FAN · 04-01-2016, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

There is actually a team. They work a rotating continental shift to ensure coverage and have very strict guidelines they must follow.

OMFG

That's missions control and secondary tracking at Elon Musks SpaceX

zberz · 05-06-2016, 06:13 PM

Who needs reverse?

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3e9p3Uft6s[/ame]

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funwheeldrive · 05-08-2016, 06:21 PM

I've been driving stick for over 10 years. I've noticed that lately it's getting harder for me to get into first gear. It's not horrible, and it only takes an extra try, but it is noticeable. My 99 integra finds first immediately almost every time. My car only has 13k on it.

My only thought is maybe my tranny fluid should be changed? I'm still running the stock fluid.

zberz · 05-08-2016, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I've been driving stick for over 10 years. I've noticed that lately it's getting harder for me to get into first gear. It's not horrible, and it only takes an extra try, but it is noticeable. My 99 integra finds first immediately almost every time. My car only has 13k on it.

My only thought is maybe my tranny fluid should be changed? I'm still running the stock fluid.

I would change it. I changed mine at 2k miles after seeing YouTube videos of the crud that comes out. I'm at over 20k now, without any issues. It's tough to get it from 1-2 and 2-1 when it's not warm, but it's otherwise fine.

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TimmyC · 05-08-2016, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by zberz

I would change it. I changed mine at 2k miles after seeing YouTube videos of the crud that comes out. I'm at over 20k now, without any issues. It's tough to get it from 1-2 and 2-1 when it's not warm, but it's otherwise fine.

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Wait you change it every 2k miles?!?

KR-S · 05-08-2016, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TimmyC

Wait you change it every 2k miles?!?

More than likely he changed it because of the reasons described in this thread.

RJasonKlein · 05-08-2016, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TimmyC

Wait you change it every 2k miles?!?

If you wrote that with a straight face, I'm pretty sure he meant that he changed the fluid after only 2,000 miles because he had read about particulate in the transmission oil on the magnetic drain plug.

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03-31-2016, 12:11 PM	#16
Speck Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Drives: '13 FR-S Location: Denver, CO Posts: 60 Thanks: 35 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	I ran into this a little bit. Sometimes it was a little tough getting into first gear. I made the switch to synthetic tranny fluid a few months ago (same mileage as you right now) and it shifts like butta and has seemed to go away.

03-31-2016, 12:41 PM	#18
jawn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Drives: 2015 CWP BRZ Limited Location: NOVA Posts: 2,800 Thanks: 1,801 Thanked 3,946 Times in 1,757 Posts Mentioned: 105 Post(s)	If you can't put the car into first or reverse ALL of the time, your pressure plate might be toast. If it's intermittent, it's normalish.

05-06-2016, 06:13 PM	#23
zberz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: 2015 Lightning Red BRZ Location: U.S. Posts: 190 Thanks: 245 Thanked 131 Times in 66 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	Who needs reverse? [ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3e9p3Uft6s[/ame] sent from my phone using black magic

05-08-2016, 06:21 PM	#24
funwheeldrive Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: BANNED FOR TELLING THE TRUTH Location: MODS ARE ON A POWER TRIP Posts: 3,447 Thanks: 7,830 Thanked 3,022 Times in 1,409 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s)	I've been driving stick for over 10 years. I've noticed that lately it's getting harder for me to get into first gear. It's not horrible, and it only takes an extra try, but it is noticeable. My 99 integra finds first immediately almost every time. My car only has 13k on it. My only thought is maybe my tranny fluid should be changed? I'm still running the stock fluid.

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