SMG to Manual 3rd gear issue

[DiegoD]

Hello guys! Just finished my SMG to Manual conversion but I have an issue. When going from 2nd to 3rd gear I FEEL kind of a metal scraping (no metal sound like when a trans sync is going bad). It does it most all the time but not always. 3rd gear always engages. When I go from 4th to 3rd I have no issue at all (tried it a lot of times with no problems). Can it be something wrong with the conversion or you guys think it might be a gearbox problem? Has anyone had this issue before?
BTW my car has only 77,800 miles.

[sapote]

Is it the same gear box before conversion? Try shifting from 2nd to 4th and see if the same resistance occurs. If yes (same for 3rd and 4th going from 2nd) then maybe the 3/4 gate was not set precise.

[DiegoD]

Is it the same gear box before conversion? Try shifting from 2nd to 4th and see if the same resistance occurs. If yes (same for 3rd and 4th going from 2nd) then maybe the 3/4 gate was not set precise.

Yes. It’s the same gearbox. I will give it a try tomorrow and let you know. Thanks for the advice!