5-speed trans won't shift into reverse

Guy_G123

Transmission won't shift into reverse and is hard to downshift.

Mr_Shiftright

Check the fluid level in your clutch master cylinder for starters. It's also possible, if your vehicle has high miles, that the clutch is just wearing out.

Bleeding the clutch hydraulics might help, if there's air in the system, but that doesn't cure the problem, of how the air got in there in the first place.