Hello guys, it is again the Escort (98er, 1.6 16V, 90PS) of my grandpa, which is causing problems. I would like to keep the car as far as possible in as good a condition as possible (>160.000Tkm). Last week the clutch was changed again and thus also the tooth segment of the clutch pedal, since this is broken during the ride – the clutch was due anyway. The problem, which already exists for some time already, that the circuit is unbelievably tacky. If the gears either only enter by force, have to give interlock or first put in a different gear than the desired one. The reverse gear either only goes in to me pure force or if you hit the 4th or other gear before, but even then a blow goes through the whole car. It’s just really bad if you want to start at the intersection and the 1st gear does not go in immediately. The problem exists for a very long time and I thought that it would lie on the clutch, jedo Since the exchange last week nothing has changed. Since the coupling is manually adjustable, I have tried to make an improvement with this setting: You can change something slightly, but the basic problem remains – so it should not be due to the coupling. I had already read on this topic on the Internet that a change of the transmission oil or a lubrication of the storage of the switching rod should help, but I really don’t know what to think about it. I don’t know what to do – what can I do? How can I set the clutch? If the pegal is above the brake pedal, it can be switched slightly better, but the grinding point is very late (suboptimal for Grandpa). I can only explain this with the larger distance between the print bearing and the pressure plate. How should the new clutch be adjusted from the factory, are there any specifications? Maybe even the synchronous rings of the gearbox are worn out?! I would like to solve the problem, because for the first time it is very annoying and for the second time it goes on the gearbox. Thank you!