Over the last 2-3 days of moderate highway driving, my manual transmission jeep has gotten noticeably harder and harder to shift (not wanting to go into gear, especially the lower gears.) Yesterday, I was having to double, triple, and quadruple clutch just to get it to go into gear.
Today I started it up and went to drive it, starting it on a level surface. In doing so I noticed that even when the clutch is all the way to the floor... the jeep is still pulling lightly forward in 1st and 2nd gear, and backward in reverse!
Holy crap! It's not supposed to do that when the clutch is all the way in!!!
I suspect I've probably got major transmission problems, but I thought I would ask here and see if there are any relatively simple quick-fixes I could try first, before I turn my wallet over to a transmission shop.
This is a 25 year old jeep, but the transmission and clutch (NV4500 and Centerforce III) are allegedly new as of 10,000 miles ago.