ok this is weird and maybe its just my car but when ever i start driving going from first to second my gears feel stiff and go clunk kinda like if were grinding, but once the tranny fluid heats up its nice and smooth. i do have a shoirt shifter on my car, anyone know whats going on.

 

by the ways its a 96 2.8 5speed.

 

Yeah that happens a lot, you need new synchronizers. But if you can still shift ok don't worry too much about it, just don't slam the gears.

 

well that makes me feel better.kinda

 

my tranny has the same issue, although I suspect it isn't as bad as yours is from the sound of it. as long as you give the transmission enough time to synchronize naturally, you won't grind the 1-2 shift. just pause for maybe a half second between 1st and 2nd gear, and it should go in like butter, mine does anyway.