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Stiff Shifting When Cold

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Old 02-17-2019, 08:13 PM
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Cold shifting

I have the same problem. I live in Western Mass in the Berkshires the past few mornings it's been negative 10 to -20 and I've had to back into my parking space the night before because first thing in the morning it's almost impossible to muscle it into reverse!
Old 02-18-2019, 06:45 AM
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I've had the same exact issues as you all are saying. What greatly improved mine was new shifter cables. I replaced mine because someone snapped them off the the transmission housing bracket and had them ziptied into place, was like that when I bought it. You wouldn't believe the amount of resistance that the old cables had. Then after I replaced the cables it was like a different car, I used the redline mtf 90 fluid from zzp. I still struggle with first and reverse a little when it's extremely cold but once it's warmed up it's ok.
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i think moisture gets inside the cables and freezes them to be honest. I used to have the issue but overtime, They started to give and and now they really dont get stuck anymore.
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It's been low 20's here recently and I've got the whole Shifter won't budge thing going on, I just work it gently and when I can finally get it into N I just work it back and forth a bit, then go into each gear until it's all loose.
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