Help Car sometimes wont go in 1st gear

[MR2-GTS]

Hey guys my tranny has been acting weird lately, sometimes after I fully depressed the clutch I still cant get in 1st gear. It kind of feels like its BLOCKED and I must let go cluch and depress again in order to get it in. Is this a sign of clutch wearing out or its a sign of synchros wearing out ??

 

[19Eclipse90]

I'm not sure what the problem is, but if you don't like depressing the clutch twice, go from 2nd to first and it should work... same problem with my car :thumbdown
Maybe someone can fill us in with an insightful answer.

 

[MR2-GTS]

usually when this happens I cant even go in 2nd, I think all gears are Blocked and I must depress clutch like 2 to 3 times in order to get it in.

 

[19Eclipse90]

Well I do know it's not clutch, I replaced mine less than 1500 miles ago and I still have the problem. I'm thinking it has to be the synchros, because master and slave cylinders were replaced, throw out bearing, pressure plate, clutch fork and fulcrum were all replaced. It doesn't leave me with a wide variety of things that it could be.

 

[Nelstar800TSi]

I had a similar problem a few years back. I was able to shift into 2nd first and then shove it into 1st. I got used to it. I did that for a year before I swapped the trans out. It was bad synchros. If you're lucky, you just have a bad shift fork, which causes a similar problem getting into first. If it's the shift fork, you might also have a problem with a low clutch "catch point" and trouble getting into any other gears too.

 

[MR2-GTS]

I fixed my problem it was the Nut on the pivot that came loose on my B&M short shifter.