Hi,
I've been having this problem where at cold temps (it's been about 5-18 degrees here in New York) and cold starting, my transmission wouldn't shift gears until about 2500-3000 RPM until warm (my trans. also flares and slips between shifts, although I can prevent it most of the time by coming off the throttle a bit, but this problem is unrelated to outside temperature). I found a thread from December 2003 where someone wrote that lubricating all the throttle linkage (especially everything related to the bowdon cable) cured his seemingly identical problem. So, I think I'm going to do the same thing. What should I lubricate all those parts with? Thanks!

Alex

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