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fatlowrider
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ive just got a 1988 doka 1.9 petrol .1st gear is very hard to engauge itsome time crunches when engaugeing. the ohter 3 gears are all ok until the engine has been runing for an hour then the other 3 gears are hard to selectthe gear box seems to get stiffer after an hour any one out there had a simlar problem ?

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Mine was a bit like that, improved by bleeding the clutch. The bite point was with the pedal almost to the floor and I think the clutch was dragging. The gearbox oil was changed at the same time though, so maybe it was that. I used Comma SX75-W90 GL4 Semi Synthetic.
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cheers for that just for once a cheap fix i can do myself :ok

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