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Originally Posted by CraigRun
Lastly, I am using 10W30 oil, would switching to SAE 30 weight/or ATF help?
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I certainly would not use ATF, as the engine still needs engine lubrication, and ATF won't provide that. I don't think the oil should make it easier or harder to shift in an out of gear.
However - if adjusting it so that it's possible to shift it allows the clutch to slip, I suppose it theoretically is possible for the wrong oil, or an oil containing a lubricity additive, to cause the clutch to slip when plain old straight-grade oil would not.
But I dunno if that would be it. I would make absolutely sure whether it's the cable itself that is adding the resistance to shifting, or whether the resistance is in fact in the actual shifting mechanism of the engine. If you do isolate it to the engine itself, the next step would seem to me to be opening up the reversing gear cover or housing to get a good look-see at what's going on in there - are the fingers or the cone excessively worn for some reason, or is something else out of alignment or awry.