Hey ht I have an Eg 93 with a 98 Ls motor and tranny .. I just got it running plates and all monday .. I rehad to also rebuild the transmission .. while putting it back together my step father mentioned that my shifter linkage looks like its from a d series .. its hard to down shift while driving also its hard to get the tranny into 3rd while driving , plus you need to use some force to shift .. I know nuthing canbe wrong with. The tranny internals so my only guess is its because I might have d series shifter linkage ... please give me some feed back asap if these are signs of linkage problems! ( also the car does not grind at all that what makes me think it is the linkage )

 

im having the same problem but shfting into second is the hardest gear to get into. i just did a b16 swap and used my ls tranny, that worked perfectly with my ls motor. i bleed the clutch, made sure i have the perfect amount of fluid, and pulled the starter and retorqued my pressure plate bolts.... im at a loss. btw im using the same linkage i was using before, that worked perfectly.

 

bump for any ideas .. i did some talking with local and they said they think my problem could be traced to the slave cyclinder because the shifting into 3rd is a now and then problem with no grinding and my local mechanic said that if itwas linkage it would be like that all the time so i im try to bleed mines over .. input on this would help

 

ima try what you mentioned also pulling the starter and retorque the bolts for the pressure plates ... but would that really make a difference ??