UhOh
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Always thought that I could figure these things out, but for some reason my brain is struggling with this one...
Recently my car, 2000 ALH w/5spd manual, became almost impossible to shift into gear when sitting still. First discovery was just after starting up and backing out of my garage; popping into neutral and then trying to get into ANY gear was pretty much impossible. If I turn off the engine I'm able to shift, though not effortlessly.
Once I'm running down the road there are ZERO issues. Clutch pedal feels exactly as it always has. Shifting is exactly as it always has been.
The clutch was replaced some 60k+ miles ago.
This popped up all of a sudden. Weather has been mild. Not a cold weather issue.
I had planned to refresh the trans fluid and adjust the shift linkages (Sigma 5 short shifter) at the next service interval (about 6k miles out). Don't expect any of that to have any significant bearing seeing that while moving it all works perfectly well (as well as it always has).
I don't think that this is how a failing slave or master cylinder acts.
I might have jinxed myself in spouting off how I can't wait to replace the clutch in the wife's car (stiff and starting to show signs of slipping) with the same that I have in my car (DC stage 1).
Recently my car, 2000 ALH w/5spd manual, became almost impossible to shift into gear when sitting still. First discovery was just after starting up and backing out of my garage; popping into neutral and then trying to get into ANY gear was pretty much impossible. If I turn off the engine I'm able to shift, though not effortlessly.
Once I'm running down the road there are ZERO issues. Clutch pedal feels exactly as it always has. Shifting is exactly as it always has been.
The clutch was replaced some 60k+ miles ago.
This popped up all of a sudden. Weather has been mild. Not a cold weather issue.
I had planned to refresh the trans fluid and adjust the shift linkages (Sigma 5 short shifter) at the next service interval (about 6k miles out). Don't expect any of that to have any significant bearing seeing that while moving it all works perfectly well (as well as it always has).
I don't think that this is how a failing slave or master cylinder acts.
I might have jinxed myself in spouting off how I can't wait to replace the clutch in the wife's car (stiff and starting to show signs of slipping) with the same that I have in my car (DC stage 1).