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If you used gear oil instead of atf/synchromesh, that would explain the clunky shifting.
Thanks. I've got the Haines manual. Used ATF. Sometimes it's a very normal shift, other times you have to let it coast a bit or it won't shift no matter what. Clutch fluid was a little low, that's been topped off.
That was part of my thought. I remember driving a '72 Datsun pickup many years ago as a work truck. That thing had the absolutely sloppiest shifter ever. Kind of point, shove, feel for some sensation you hit a gear somewhere and let out the clutch. Amazed me that it worked, every time.
It can hang up moving or stopped. I don't see a sign of a leak, doesn't mean that's not the case. Usually I can bump other gears, or bump the gear I want, to make it "let me in". Very occasionally it just locks me out until the wheels have rolled a little. I can speed shift without the clutch once it's moving so I suspect the transmission and clutch are more or less O.K..
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