197 gearbox help

[Impey]

Hi people. got a 197 cup.
Go to start the car, go to put it in 1st gear to pull of and its so hard to get into gear you have to really push it in its the same in reverse. once its gone through a couple of timrs its fine nice amd smooth, It was in my local dealer last week were they cahnged thegear box oil on it but seems to still do it not quiet as bad but stll does it.
Ha sany one else had amy problems like this and what was it ??

 

[Gaz_]

The all do it when cold, 200's included

 

[DrR]

I find the technique is not to simply push the gearstick into gear, have to kind of "work" it in, hard to describe, i find most of the gears on the 1*2s are like that.

 

[Impey]

kwl thanks pps, so its not me be over paranoide then