Good news! Found a set of shifter cables and shifter base from a 92 awd turbo ( shouldnt be a problem if i have an ESI?), for 60$.
Thing is, i don't want to buy these parts if they're not the cure to my problem. My mechanic friend says it's impossible that those are the cause, and he'd be more willing to blame the clutch ( though the previous owner had a new one put in shortly before i bought it ).
My friend says if the cables/shifter would be the problem the gears would still go in but would just need more or less long of a path to get there ( depending if the cables are too short or too long ). He says they wouldn't grind at high rpm's for that.
The clutch does a faint hissing sound whenever pressed or depressed, but i never took it into account until my friend mentionned the clutch may have an issue?
Let me recapitulate my problem in more detail for some more theories:
Sometimes my gears wont go in fully ( feels like something is stopping them, when it happens i go to neutral, clutch again and it goes in with a bit more ease ). My 1st gear tends to do this when i'm stopped at a slight uphill, but double-clutching usually helps.
The worst is getting from first to second. I shift to 2nd at +/- 2500rpm because above that almost insures a horrible grinding sound. Even at low rpm's there is a chance of grind, but it is greatly reduced if i put her into 2nd very slowly ( which pisses people off behind me anytime i take a full stop ).
The shifter stick moves a little bit when put into gear ( rocks back and forth by very little when i press/depress gas, but this doesn't seem to cause any issues )
Let the suggestions roll
