[sailor]

Rubber seal in the clutch master cyl. can give trouble cold, check for possible leakage inside above the pedal. Warm up & OK again.

If you match speeds closer when shifting, only first needs the synchros appreciably to get it into gear. (out of gear to neutral, match revs, stick it into the next gear)

Getting into first when trans is still cold is a typical cold weather issue from cold trans oil, tries to keep spinning the gears and you can get first easier at a stop by using another higher gear first to slow them down.

Two different problems in the two posts.

P.S. - Roland - double check for any leakage from the trans bellhousing just in case the slave cyl. leaked when cold.

 

[sailor]

First car I ever owned lost all the clutch fluid out the slave one below zero Winter night. Never DID end up replacing it either IIRC, fine afterwards until I sold it the next summer.