Rough shifting

[NonServiam]

My '92 V6 with 165.000km is rather rough shifting from 1st to 2nd gear, and not quite as smooth as I wish back from 3rd to 2nd either. Seems like there is a sync problem...

A common problem with the transmission? Easy to fix? Important to fix right away?

I should probably just get the local Mazda guy to give me an opinion, but finances are a bit tight at the moment, and I fear it will be expensive?

(Shelled out quite a bit of money when the water pump broke around Christmas and a got another leak in the cooling system when my lazy *** got surprised by etxreme cold (hey, it's Norway, we get this EVERY winter ) and neglected to check my cooling fluid. At the same time, I had it 165.000 serviced, new "brake pads" (correct word in English?) and fixed an old leak in my Sebring exhaust.)

[lakersfan1]

What kind of tranny fluid are you running right now? And what are the temperatures like where you're at now?

[nope-mx3]

I got the same "problem". (I`m from Norway too)
Had it for as long as I can remember.
I`ll install my shortshifter and all the bushings + swap to Redline MT90.

If that doesn`t help, it might be the synchro rings in the tranny some people say (EXPENSIVE!!)

nope-mx3

[NonServiam]

Bought the car in oktober 2003, and to be honest I haven't given the transmission fluid a thought at all. So whatever was there when I got it

The temps right now are not extreme at all. +5 to -10C. Periods of -10C to -20C occationally.

[NonServiam]

How expensive is EXPENSIVE, btw?

[nope-mx3]

I`m not too sure, but when an hour at Mazda is like 800 Kroner, and they have to rip the entire tranny out etc. I`d probably guess around 4-6000,-

Almost the same job as changing the clutch (wich I did last year)

nope-mx3

[Gro Harlem]

Get some good tranny fluid from redline or amsoil...you won't be sorry. May cost about $40 per fill up but you won't have any crappy feeling shifter after doing that, even in extreme temperatures.

[odds1]

off topic but I'm from Norway too.