Need some idea on what is the problem on a 190D 5 speed. Clutch seems to be OK, not slipping. Transmission is not making any funny noises. Car shifts/drives OK in town or freeway at all speeds with the following issues.

Symptoms:

1) When I put car in reverse, car reverses good then I stop to try to go forwards. Then sometimes I cannot put the tranny back to neutral to go to first. It is kind of STUCK. The only thing I can do is to turn off the car then I can move the gear stick to neutral.

2) Sometimes it is hard to put into first, may be push it a couple of times then it will shift to first.

Throwing out bearing used to be noisy but lately it seems to have gone away. Not sure. I am concern about (1) as I don't know whether it is the clutch or internal to the transmission. I can shift and drive so the clutch must be OK-ish. Any idea?

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