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Hi guys, it's been a while.... I need some help diagnosing a shifting problem. Well, actually, it's not shifting, that's the problem. For starters, this is an 88' Comanche, 4.0, manual tranny, yes I am a girl and yes I do all my own work and have for many years, even successfully, LOL! I'm guessing the syncros are shot, but I'm not certain and transmissions are not my specialty. It's always been a little stiff going into first or second gear when cold, nature of the beast as I am told. Though I have noticed it getting a little worse lately. I recently replaced my clutch, plate and internal slave cylinder and all was working well after the repair and shifting was like butter. That was a month ago. The last several days first, second and reverse started getting tough. Today it got worse and I had to drive some back roads in second gear home. Thank goodness I wasn't far from home. I'm fairly certain the clutch is disengaging fully. It was bled properly when I changed the clutch assembly. When it's not running I can change gears easily, this is only when it's running. Third and fourth gear seem to be ok. I'm guessing my (probably) 28 year old syncros are failing. Does anyone have any suggestions on anything I can check or test before resorting to taking the transmission out..... again! Though I'm 125 lbs of stubborn ornery, dropping the tranny is no easy task, on the ground with a standard hydraulic jack...solo, no matter how big you are. I did pull my engine and dismantle it by myself and that felt like a piece of cake compared to dropping the tranny without a lift... I will admit I did enlist the help of my rather large 6'3"/220lb military son to wrestle the tranny off the spindle and back on, he is not available right now to help. He is keeping up the family tradition (which started with me, there are no grandpas or uncles) and he is a crew chief and a jet mechanic in the Air Force. Sorry, I can't help myself when it comes to bragging about him. When we work on cars together, he calls us master and blaster... :-) got any suggestions? Many thanks in advance if you do!