Hi all,

Have a bit of a gremlin with my '96 GL that I wanted to share and get some ideas on:

I'm having problems shifting to 1st from neutral, especially when parked. I'll try my usual shift style (pushing left then forward) and it feels like the stick's hitting an invisible wall. After lots of wiggling around or a slight modification to my shift (e.g pushing diagonally left and forward at the same time) I'll eventually wrestle it into first.

What's weird though is that I don't normally have to mess around like this when I'm driving. It seems to give me less resistance if I'm changing to first after stopping at an intersection for example.

I've heard that the linkages can go, or that there may be some kind of adjustment that can be done. Any tips on how I can check this? Just want to make sure I know a bit about the possible issues before I head off to a mechanic (and get told that I need a gearbox rebuild or something horrid like that).