Transmission in winter questions

[greg.rocco at gmail.com (Greg Pallett)]

So, It's winter.  It's not as cold here in Dc as some of our naighbors to
the north get, so please don't flame me with "Kid, you don't *know* from
cold"  ;-)
It's really hard to get first and second gear when the car is cold.  Would
changing the gear oil, a la timbo's tech tip
http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/Techtips/Timbotechnotes/transoil/transoil.htm
help
with this?

Different, but related.  I noticed while stuck in some nasty stop and go
traffic that  the clutch pedal wasn't smooth.  It felt like there was grit
in there somewhere.  I don't notice it in regular driving, but in nasty 1
gear stop and go I was frustrated by it.  Is this tech tip,
http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/Techtips/ATStechnotes/clutchcable/clutchcable.htm
Changing the clutch cable the thing to do to clean up that movement?

Thanks.

GP

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