Trans shift cable and bell cramk adjustment is critical and very sensitive. A turn of only 1 flat on the cable adj nuts will have a large impact on shift accuracy. Also check the service manual on shift lever adjustment relative to the shift gate. The shifter should be self centering in the 3rd/4th shift gate. Also, bad trans and engine mounts can make a difference in accuracy that changes as you drive or corner hard. Jim 6147 "steve" <steve@xxxx> wrote: >81 Manual Delorean ?17k miles > >Clutch starting to not go into 1st and reverse a month after i got >the car, the previous owner didn't drive much. still had stock clutch >line, ?i replaced it with the SS clutch line, bled it out and every >thing. ?I had NO clutch fluid leak anywhere. ?My fluid level is >good, ?right after we put it in, we tested the clutch when it was >still half way up on jacks, the reverse and first gear worked very >well (little stickyness in reverse), but we go and drive it and 1st >gear still has trouble getting into it, and reverse ALWAYS wants to >grind, sometimes, the thing spins down and stops, but most of the >time the gear just wont go in cause it rubs. ? i have no more money, >what in the ? ? freak ?is going on........ ?tired of this. remember , >the car only has 17k miles and all gears are sticky kinda but 1st and >reverse are wayy worse. ?also 5th gear has always been hard-you got >to slam it in there to get it to work. ?please help before i go >insane.