Ok, so the weather here is cooling off...it's been a chilly 60 degrees or so (don't be jealous). My shifter is very stiff though, it's kind of freaking me out. I don't remember it being like this ever before, and I did a 3x drain and fill on tranny fluid a month or so ago so that should be good fluid. Once the car is warmed up the gear select is fine and smooth like normal, but it's very stiff..why would that be? It's not THAT cold (most of you probably don't think 60 is cold at all!). The car seems to shift like normal, btw.

 

our transmissions shift harder when they are "cold". what temp. means cold, I dont know, but mine does the same thing

 

have you ever unadvertantly spilled soda or any thig in that area? mine in the past hass gotten harder when cold due to me spilling soda