# Transmission? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** corolla, toyota\ **Created:** [January 24, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/83316 "2014-01-24T04:34:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Symboline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Symboline](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Symboline)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/83316/1 "2014-01-24T04:34:24Z")
1993 Toyota Corolla Wagon, 148,000 miles. Manual transmission. Second owner. Two year old clutch. Good mileage. Symptoms include: When engine is on and the car is moving forward in first gear, when I depress the clutch to shift to second, there is extreme resistance to shifting OUT of first. I do not force it for fear of breaking something. I have found if I gently increase the rpm, I can finally slide out of first. Also, when in first and moving when I depress the clutch it should feel like it is in neutral. If it feels as if there is still compression, then I know I will have to increase the rpms to get out of first. First gear symptoms are now beginning to appear as I try to shift OUT of second gear. Lately I have been having difficulty finding second, particularly when I down shift. No problems shifting INTO any gears. Only happens when car is in gear and moving. This problem was intermittent, but is now happening more frequently. Also, sometimes I hear a kind of metal on metal scraping sound (intermittent) when releasing clutch in first, second, or third, when the engine is “pulling”, i.e. like out of a tight parking spot, up a hill, out of a full stop, accelerating from a lower gear to a higher gear. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/83316/2 "2014-01-24T06:17:47Z")
Any one checked the gear lube level in the transmission lately? ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/83316/3 "2014-01-24T06:46:44Z")
Some of your symptoms are consistent with a bad clutch master cylinder: > **[7 Signs of a Bad Clutch Master Cylinder | DoItYourself.com](https://www.doityourself.com/stry/7-signs-of-a-bad-clutch-master-cylinder)** > > A clutch master cylinder is a part of any car with a manual transmission. It provides the hydraulics for the clutch.