99 civic dx with rebuilt y8 tranny

i never used this transmission before i got it rebuilt so im not sure if it was doing this before at all

but occasionally when i go into third it just wont go in to gear i have to like put it in a different gear first and then it will go in otherwise it just wont go in as hard as u try it doesnt happen all the time just occasionally

it happens when i upshift and downshift and also when the car is off its hard to get into third too

 

Talk about transmission fluid age and level.

 

sorry its all new honda mtf got about 2 quarts in there from when i did the swap a few months ago

could it be the washers from the detent *****? or a worn out shift fork?

 

Does it shift into fourth correctly? The third gear shift fork and detint rod are shared by fourth. Sounds like a bad syncro or perhaps the clearances weren't set properly, either way it will most likely need to be opened up.