1990 Eagle Talon AWD trans question

I own a 06 Eclipse,a 95 eagle talon awd turbo, a just picked up a 1990 awd turbo talon 5 speed completely rebuilt and modded engine everything new. But the trans when i shift to second is hard to get in gear sometime but when its warmed up no problems.
Is this a common issue?

yes

switch the fluid to a mix of Redline Mt90 and Redline MTL. This should fix your shifting problem.

Mine would grind and crunch. The dealer couldn't even fix it very well with new synchros and even shaving them.

You know what made it 1000x better? A shorter gear knob. No word of a lie. When I put the stock knob back on to test this, the crunchiness came back, then disappeared when I put the short knob back on.

I noticed alot of the grinding went away in my old tranny. When I switched shift knobs. I thought it was cause my weighted knob. MADE it shift. =]

Stock one back on would make it harder to shift.

Mine use to grind all the time in first when it was cold. But it always started atleast.

That's weird. It's somehow implying that faster shift linkage movements result in smoother shifts...

You know Tashko, I was thinking the same thing. How does removing 3-4" of knob height magically remove shifting grind?

EGAD! Tranny shops are missing out on this!!!

I had that same theory, Tash. The problem was when I would shift slowly (which I did usually, I don't drive hard unless I really want to, which isn't often) it STILL wouldn't grind. In the end I cut an inch or two from the shifter itself, and when I put the stock knob on to try it ground again.

It made absolutely no sense to me at all...

You're probably shifting with more force on the shorter stick, so that helps.

Also, maybe it's not so much the speed/force of the shift and moreso a complete "throw"?
You definitely feel the shift better with a shorter stick, so I think there's less a chance of letting go and engaging the clutch early.

There must be some defect though. You shouldn't have to force it at all in regular driving.

I couldn't explain it. But it was true. Although with the floppy cock shifter I found my self reluctant to put it in gear when I felt it about to grind

Thought of that too, Rob... I shifted light and hard, fast and slow, with both knobs. No difference. And made SURE the clutch was always fully depressed (like I said, I was hardly ever in a hurry). I even showed the dealer mechanic and he couldn't wrap his head around it, either.

Although this was the same guy that was SUPER granny-shifting my car to show me it had no issues at all, until he went into second with a CRRRUNNNCHGRRRIIINNNDDD... and he STILL hesitated a few seconds before admitting there might be a problem.

I'd be more inclined to think that the short shifter inadvertantly improves peoples clutch/lever timing, as I think Rob was implying, rather than a mysterious affect on the synchros...

That makes sense to me. With that shift knob shifting never felt wrong. With the stock one. Felt like bamboo. Lot of flexing, never broke though

So would I, Tash... But I'm hardly an inexperienced n00b when it comes to shifting. And that's with trying different timings.

Maybe it has to do with our crappy shifter assembly in the center console. The donkey dick has WAY more leverage than a smaller knob which ends up twisting and moving the assembly rather than moving the cable itself.

Just a thought.