[jg61hawk]

First understand what is grinding. The gears are not modern synchro-mesh so they have to slide into each other. Try to keep this in mind...the purpose of first gear is to get to second and the purpose of second is to get to third! In other words don't rev it up like a modern car, shift quickly at like 5MPH into second and at 10-15 MPG into third. YES 600 oil in trans to help slow them down when the clutch is in, here's a big one for me...when going into second and third hold that shifter HARD to the right it really helps for some reason, BE SURE THE IDLE is slow, in other words have the right side throttle arm as slow as possible to let the gears slow down as you shift. A high idle will always cause grinding.