Crunchy First Gear: It's driving me nuts!

[bosstucker]

So this has been an issue ever since I got the car (02 C4S), and it's not a major issue, more irksome really. What happens is this, most times when moving from another gear, or neutral into 1st, I have to sort of force it in. There's no grinding coming from the transmission, it's more like when I'm moving the lever into first, it encounters mechanical resistance that is only overcome by excess force (not a ton more though). If I pull it back into neutral after forcing it in, and then put it back into first, it goes in like butter, no different from any of the other gears. Most often it happens when I'm stopped in neutral and put it in gear to go. I do tend to downshift through all gears to second if I'm coming to a stop (don't usually downshift into first) and I believe I've read on here that this issue or a similar one is solved by not skipping second when coming to a stop which doesn't seem to be working for me. The crunchy 1st gear effect doesn't happen every time either, it happens most times, but there are times when it goes in with no resistance at all. If I am not paying attention and don't give it that extra force, the lever stops halfway from the neutral position to all the way forward and I sit there revving an engine in neutral like a dummy. Particularly obnoxious for me to forget to push it all the way in on hills if you know what I mean... Anyone know what might be wrong and how I might fix it? Also, no SSK, B&M or otherwise, everything is stock.

Thanks for any help!

[RFM]

Most Porsche gearboxes suffers with that problem, it has something to do with synchro teeth usually opposite each other at standstill. Try this, press the clutch pedal in and move the gear lever from neutral into second gear, move the gear lever into first gear in one move without releasing the clutch pedal. The same problem occurs with the reverse gear. It should work fine that way, no risk for damage (money) and fast enough for street driving.

[logray]

My 996 99' C2 does the same thing, fresh synthetic gear oil and a warmed up gear box tends to make it much less noticable.

[bosstucker]

Yes, after I posted, I noticed what you said about reverse having the same problem too RFM, and I tried what you said and it worked. Thanks for the help!