[Shotimes] Grinds when I put car into first gear

[BJamesjr@aol.com]

> It just started grinding when I put the car in the first. It doesn't
> do it if  i shift from second,third,fourth,or fifth to first, but it does
> if i go from neutral or reverse to first. 

I would guess that the synchro for first gear is weak.  What you can usually 
do is to stop the clutch disk and the car before you shift into first gear.  
This is what you should usually do with reverse anyway.  What I do is to back 
the car out and leave it in reverse until I have stopped.  At this time the 
clutch disk is stopped and all the gears in the trans are stopped.  When you 
change to first, nothing is rotating so nothing grinds.  Sometimes you can't 
do this without holding up traffic a little, but you might also try changing 
your speed when shifting gears.  I noticed with my car that in colder weather 
I have to slow down my shifting to give the synchros a little more time to 
work before I go all the way into gear.  You might try this with your car and 
it might help.