5-Speed: Stuck in gear, Stuck out of gear, low pedal. Please help, 96 Celica GT Options

[apekim]

I can not figure out what is going wrong here. My car was running fine until I had put it up for a few months to replace the oil pump, timing belt, water pump.

When I put it back on the road it seemed like the throw out bearing was a bit dry because it was somewhat noisier than I remembered. After driving the car on and off a few days, everything was back to normal sounding.

After a few weeks of driving, and on my way home one night I got to a stop light. I pressed the clutch pedal down and tried to put the car in neutral but it would not come out of gear. A hard pull on the shifter would not even do it. I quickly shut the car down and it came right out of gear. I started the car back up and was able to put it into gear and start driving. Shifting up into second and third gear was not easy, it did not want to go into gear, I got it to go in but it seemed like I was forcing it.

I ran it back and forth in the driveway and got some really mixed results. Sometimes it would go right in, other times it would not. Sometimes it would not come out gear. Other times it seemed like the clutch would be at the bottom of the pedal.

So I let the car sit for a few weeks and now I am stumpted as to what to do. I do not see any leaks around the master cylinder or the slave.

Mike

[apekim]

Had someone hold the clutch pedal in while I watched the slave cylinder. There was no dropping. The slave movement was about an inch of travel. I drained the transmission gear oil and filled it with the synchromesh gear oil. Took it for a rive and it seemed okay. Later that day I decided to take it for another ride. Started it up and tried to put it in gear and it just would no go into any gear. Shut it down, and it easily went into gear. Started it up and it did not do into gear. Shut it down again and tried it and it went in all gears. Started it one last time and it went into all the gears. Drove it around for an hour and a half and it seemd fine. I just can not figure out why it would not go into gear. I have 150,000 on it.