shift problems

[Sr20detNESS]

I basically cant put my car in first gear...and second gear is very hard....the slave cylinder is not leaking and the master cylinder is brand new...clutch fluid is holding up fine...I even readjusted the clutch pedal...i rebled the slave cylinder as well and had some air come out but it didnt do anything..but has anyone heard of bypassing the master cylinder line straight to the slave cylinder line?

[Nismo_Freak]

but has anyone heard of bypassing the master cylinder line straight to the slave cylinder line?

The pedal would be harder than a rock, you wouldn't be able to depress it.

[Hijacker]

if you mean bypassing the damper block, it can be done. You need a bracket of some kind to act as an anchor for where the hard line and soft line meet.

My car doesn't have the damper block (was excluded when the Sr and 5 speed went in). The pedal is a bit harder to depress, but it isn't hard as a rock. Just feels firmer.

If it were in fact a faulty master or slave, then the problem would be uniform among all of the gears. You're problem almost sounds like bad synchros. Do 3rd, 4th and 5th gears shift fine?

[Sr20detNESS]

third and 5th are fine...4th is a little stubborn...and 4th is a little stubborn...4th was the only gear that was given me a problem at first for about a week..then 1st and 2nd started really bad....but ya the dampener block i just bought an adaptor line to connect the m.c. line to the s.c. line so i wouldnt have to bend anything...im getting ready to put it on now i will write back to tell if that is the problem..thank guys

[Sr20detNESS]

well i just rerouted the s.c. line to the m.c. line...it helped a little but its still not perfect...all the gears are a little better including first but its still a little stiff...and feels rough when i put it in gear...can anybody help me out?

[dsm007]

do ya have a new short shifter in it?If thats the case then ya prob need to break in the nylon bushing for a little while,then again it might be worn syncros which needs a transmission rebuild to fix,could also be the gear oil your using too,ya running 75-90 weight in it?Ya could should bleed a little more too and see what happens......I was thinking maybe syncros because you say 4th and 5th are easy to select into,I remember in my DSM I had a worn second gear syncro but after I drove for a few blocks and got her lubed up she was just fine........So go ahead and bleed it some more,drive around for a bit and let us know how it goes so far.

[Sr20detNESS]

no i dont have a short shifter in it...but as far as bleeding it some more i was thinking the same thing b/c like i said it did help a little..i drove it around town and it wouldnt go in 1st only but a few times...im gonna bleed it some more and hope its not the synchros...and oh ya i do have 75-90 gear oil...redline ..i'll write back to tell you what happens