Ok, I jacked up and put my girls '98 EX sedan with 74k on jack stands. I crawled under there and lubed ALL the shift linkages between the shifter bottom and the tranny. Was a fair abount of rust on the vibration damping "thingy" behind the shifter under the car. I guess the exhaust heat gets to it ? The I unscrewed the arm rest and center console. Pulled it out cleaned all the old grease out and used multi-purpose grease on the ball part of the shifter bottom inside the car. I could not get to the bottom part of the ball on the shifter cause there was this tight fitting rubber boot in the way under the car?? Well it loosened up for awhile, then when the car warmed up it got EVEN stiffer between third and fourth??? Seems like the shifter is smooth when you first drive in the morning but as the exhaust heats the shifter bottom up it starts to get stiff???? Anyone had this his happen with the stock shifter???