My friend has a 96 RS, and has trouble shifting into 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear. You have to rev match to get it to slide in. This just started happening all of the sudden. We flushed the clutch fluid completely as it was really dirty. After the flush, the problem with 3rd gear went away, 1st, 3rd, and 5th all work normally. 2nd and 4th still had problems. If you put it in 4th gear, rev to 2500rpm or so with the ebrake on and drop the clutch, the car immediately dies, so we doubt it is the clutch. The tranny is full of fluid, and we will probably replace with redline or honda MTF soon to see if that helps. Any thought on what could be causing this? Thanks!
Bad Syncro? Slave Cylinder?
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Did you bleeed the slave cylinder after you flushed the fluid out?
When was the last time you replaced your tranny fluid? (looks like you are going to do that soon, I would try it)
It could also even be a worn tranny mount, if the tranny is sliding around it can make it harder to shift.
When was the last time you replaced your tranny fluid? (looks like you are going to do that soon, I would try it)
It could also even be a worn tranny mount, if the tranny is sliding around it can make it harder to shift.
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This exact same thing happened to me. It went bad all of a sudden. It happens in all gears but it's just more noticeable in some. For me it's third and fourth. I stuck my finger in the slave cylinder boot and I noticed that it kept slowly depressing eve though the clutch was all the way in. I think it's either the slave cylinder or the throw-out bearing.
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I had similar problems in third and fourth. I put in some genuine Honda MTL and the tranny is better than ever. 
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