# transmission issues **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 27, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352 "2005-04-27T23:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![absolum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@absolum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/absolum)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/1 "2005-04-27T23:19:33Z")
Completed my manual conversion , finally . I am having some difficulty hooking up the reverse lights , I am still browsing through the service manual to find the plugs but that’s minor for now . My shifter vibrate a lot , that is my first manual s13 and was wondering if that was normal . Holding the shifter while driving is very unpleasant . Another problem that I am having is that , when starting the morning , the transmission is a little hard to put through gears almost as if it was grinding a bit , That feeling goes away after 5 to 10 min of driving . What could that be? Thanks for reading ---
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/2 "2005-04-27T23:59:15Z")
reverse lights, [nicoclub.com](http://nicoclub.com) -\>convertible S13 -\>5spd swap sticky I believe. shaking I don’t know, probably not good trouble finding gears? hmm, some times I have to double clutch (diesel truck style) to get it into 1st/reverse ---
**Author:** ![boMex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@boMex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boMex)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/3 "2005-04-28T05:53:02Z")
RWD shifters shake a bit because they are directly conected to the tranny, unlike FWD trannies which are usually conected by cables. the cables absorb the vibrations. As for the grinding and grumpy-when-cold shifting: Welcome to slightly worn S13 trannies! Combine cold thick fluid with worn syncros and you get slow shifting until the car warms up a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![absolum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@absolum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/absolum)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/4 "2005-04-28T08:30:55Z")
It’s all good than , can’t really complain because I got a killer deal on that tranny. I just got to double clutch till warm and start ripping the gears after , Will adding the lucas tranny fluid have any effect ? I was also told to upgrade to red line . ---
**Author:** ![scribbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@scribbles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/scribbles)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/5 "2005-04-28T08:51:45Z")
on a related note. what can be done about sloppy shifters ? I like my shifting to be toight, like a toiger. I want to feel a solid _click click_ as I move from one gear to another, what can be done to get rid of teh _fluh_ feeling on a sloppy shifter and tighten it up? ---
**Author:** ![pearlS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@pearlS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pearlS13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/6 "2005-04-28T09:45:56Z")
get a short shifter and make sure that little plastic bushing that goes on the end of the shifter isn’t worn out. ---
**Author:** ![DarkForceJackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DarkForceJackal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DarkForceJackal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/7 "2005-04-28T12:12:51Z")
And get some fresh Redline in there. 😉 It really does help. ---
**Author:** ![absolum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@absolum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/absolum)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/transmission-issues/85352/8 "2005-04-28T13:30:54Z")
> get a short shifter and make sure that little plastic bushing that goes on the end of the shifter isn’t worn out Is that for my problem or for scribbles ? BTW : thanx a lot S13GG , that helps a lot more that the service manual