Hydraulics should work immediately. If not, then you have something else
going on. Tranny could be failing in some way. or shifter mechanism is
not operating properly.

I had the stiff shift problem on my 88 GL and solved it by changing from
standard tranny oil to Redline MT 90. Made a huge difference. That might
not resolve the issue with your tranny, but it is the cheapest check
that I know of. If after a tranny oil change you still have the
problems, the it's most likely overhaul time for the tranny.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver x2

Maggie Dew wrote:

>I got a new clutch slave cylinder yesterday - after having the master
>cylinder replaced last summer.  It's still stiff going into first, and
>sometimes second.  Is this normal - does it take awhile to "break in"?
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>Maggie
>'85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"
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