Anyone Experience this??, Manual Tranny Shifting Problem Options

[Fastbird]

This is probably going to be for the forced induction guys more than anyone, but here's my issue:

I CANNOT hit a hard shift into 2nd at WOT in the car. Simply put, the tranny refuses to go into 2nd gear, and third gear offers quite a bit of resistance at high throttle inputs also. When driving easily however, it shifts fine into any gear I want it to.

Call me crazy but I've always had trouble shifting cable actuated manual transmission under heavy loads. What I think is happening is that my old/weak motor mounts are allowing enough movement in the motor that enough of a shift happens to throw off the sync of the cables to the shifter. What I'm trying to do is get some verification on this.

Thoughts? I must have tried 4-5 times last night on the way home from work to bang a high RPM WOT 1-2 shift and it wouldn't happen.

[easternpiro1]

hiya guys, me and a friend tried some of the stuff suggested i went through all gears, checked what was going in, and did it manually it SEEMED as if the gears all went in when done inside the engine bay. but it goes into all gears when the car isnt moving without problems. i noticed that i can get into the upper gears with NO problem (3rd and 5th) and the bottom three (2nd 4th and reverse) are giving me trouble (reverse just started refusing to go in just as the others). the gears do not grind AT ALL, and the fact that when i pull back on the stick and get problems makes me think shifter cables not reaching far enough, but next im going to try syncro mesh. im thinking something is getting caught but i cant see it! i will try to find some time later this week to double and triple check everything as im SURE i overlooked something! i jus tdont want to spend 300 bucks for cables and find out its something else.

I also noticed that a cotter pin was not in the mechanism near the L arm, thought that would fix the problem as it was getting too much play, but no dice

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Jul 19, 2009 - 11:37 PM