i put thick "performance" oil in my box at first but all it did was make the gear change really chunky, specially when the box was cold. so i put the normal stuff in and its pretty good now, still chunky when cold but ive never had trouble where i couldnt select a gear

It might be worn syncro's. This would happen to me on cold mornings. Worn syncros and cold thick gear oil.
I switched to a synthetic gear oil and the problem went away. It's a band-aid fix but it worked.

thanks dude i'll give it a try....i was having this problem for a while....

I agree with Brent, it could be the 1st-gear syncro rings. Reverse doesn't have synchros ... does reverse feel the same way?

First I would carefully adjust the clutch play, cause that might be it.

Start under the car as follows:


Clutch release lever play

Then, measure and/or adjust the pedal inside the car:


Clutch Pedal Play

sounds like syncrow (not sure of spelling) rings to me. Try selecting 2nd and then 1st with out releasing the clutch, should go into 1st easier.

anyone knows why my 1200 gears get stuck when i first start the car...i have to like force it to go in to 1st if not then i put it to second instead..pain the ass every ####in time..because after i get it going then it's fine after that..is it the clutch or trans...any one out there who can help....please...help me....