[pampadori]

Have been living with a bad 2nd gear for a couple years now. With my current life situation, if I decide to do an engine out to repair the transmission, it'll be down for months. Way too many other things that eat up my very limited free time right now.
So I live with double clutching every single shift from 1st to 2nd. Down shifts from 3 to 2 I merely have to make sure the revs are where they will need to be when I notch it into 2nd. Sometimes I push the clutch in and let it out and then in again to be really kind on the down shifts . By doing these minor things, you basically don't even need a synchronized 2nd gear.
I have gone back and forth between swepco and Lucas Oils 75w90 and couldn't tell much difference at all.