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1st gear concern!? Problems?

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dzolcali

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Apr 8, 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ok guys, so i'm driving around tonite and throughout the night driving,(I do delivery)
I get to three different stop lights and when I begin to go at each light, I put my shifter in 1st but for some reason its like no sound, or feeling of going into gear, but it has no force holding me from pushing it all the way up. So I figure maybe its in gear, and I let the clutch out, but nope, it was in neutral still...so I jiggle it around and nothing, then I'm like what the #### and i try ita few more times, then suddenly it goes into gear?

It did it three seperate times tonite by the second time i knew it was a problem, the third time I was alarmed about it.

I just seafoamed my engine, and got a synthetic oil change yesterday..

could my transmition fluid possibly need replacing, or perhaps since my car is a 1995 the shifter bushings are worn and i should get metal bearings.

anyone else had this problem before?
 
check your clutch cylinder and slave cylinder...they could be leaking. There should be any liquid around the seals. If thats not it, try adjusting the clutch rod. Check your fluid too. How are all the other gears?
 
all the other gears are perfect in every way...it's just the first that did it, and like I said, it goes up exactly where first should be but it doesn't stay up...no click nothing...clutch to the floor...
then outta no where it engages if I wait a bit and keep trying it...kinda strange though
 
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