Even in fully synchronized modern gearboxes you can encounter difficult changing into 1srt or reverse from standstill and the trick is the same, just press onto synchro 2nd gear or select 2nd gear fully and than slot into 1st or reverse. Kees Oudesluijs NL [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of coudesluijs.vcf]