I'm the original owner of a '99 996 Carrera manual shifter that experiences difficulty changing from 1st to 2nd, most prominently when the engine's cold. I live in Miami so the temp is pretty uniform throughout the year. I can almost always grate a few gear teeth tips if I shift slowly. The shifter used to be like butter when the car was new but over the past 5 years it's become much more difficult to change gears. I changed the transmission fluid recently with a synthetic but with no difference. Can anyone suggest either an appropriate grade/brand fluid or is the gearbox synchros damaged and require gearbox replacement?
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