Shift lever = lever inside the car with shift knob Let me make the terms I'll use clear first. You can't really do any damage so don't worry about that, but alsoĭon't feel like you have to settle for 'barely good enough', when 'just This whole procedure only requires 1 or 2 end wrenches and some time. I'm open to any help, suggestions or thoughts anything that is going to help me resolve this issue. What could cause this? I am completely stumped and so are the people I have asked who are more knowledgable than I. I then removed the slave cylinder to check for damage and found none (little did I know at the time there isn't really a way to check for a malfunctioning slave cylinder). Yesterday I bled the clutch with new fluid from German Auto Parts and had no luck. Also, when moving the shifter to reverse, it generates a quick but very harsh grinding. This problem only happens when the motor is running and engagement of the clutch begins almost immediately once I start to pull my foot off the clutch (~.5' from fully depressed). I should also mention that as of now, with the car off, I am able to shift gears fine. As of yesterday, I can not get the transmission into first or second.

By the next day (Monday) the only way I could engage first gear was by going to second and then first. This past weekend I was driving the car and noticed a stiffness in the shifter which made engaging first and second gear harder than normal. All gears shifted the same as they did before the swap, clutch engagement was near midway on the pedal and everything else seemed good.

Since the build, I have driven the car nearly 3,000 miles and not had a single transmission problem (until now). The transmission already had a Peloquin and a TDI 5th gear but other wise is stock. Included in this build was a southbend OFE SS 4 clutch (full face, 20% increase on the PP). Recently, I pulled the motor and swapped it for an OBDII vr from a B4 passat as part of my turbo project. I have a 93 Corrado VR6 with an O2A transmission, uses a hydraulic clutch.

O2a vs o2j shift