When clutch components do not completely release the lower gears and revearse will be affected before the higher gears due to the high rotational speed of the revearse gears. DMC Joe / De Lorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx> Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: William T Wilson <fluffy@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 7:23 PM Subject: [DML] Re: Troubles Shifting > On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Rich Kula wrote: > > > I have an 81 Manual. Several months ago I had the slave cylinder replaced > > when it failed. Today, while driving home I noticed that it was becoming > > very difficult to shift mainly into first and second gear. The clutch was > > If you are not having trouble with 3rd through 5th gear then it is > probably not clutch related. Instead, it is probably transmission > related. The most common causes of this sort of shifting problem is > either a bent or missing roll pin (minor but important internal > transmission part) or a bent, broken, or out of adjustment shift linkage.