99' Cavalier Z24 Manual Trans. - Hard to put into gear.

Sure you can .. but prepare yourself for a whole lot of work with very little gain.. I would consider buying a different car.. If you want to go fast look at V8 5.0 mustangs 1989-1995 The 5.0 are really fast and easy to work on. and cheap. especially the 1994-1995 since they are ugly.The manual 5 speed trans are the way to go.

you have to find out the battery voltage when you crank it. Battery or starter problem.Need more info

The gear may be stripped, can't catch other gear,have you been grinding this gear,will have to go into transmission and replace third gear, will have to wind second gear out and shift to 4th gear.May be better and cheaper to get a remanufactured transmission cause all parts are new versus just 3rd gear being replaced.

try adding brake oil to the resvore on the drivers side fire wall first !But if it is out r&r on your transmision is about 385.00 plus parts

Yes that is correct.

Hey I have a 1999 cavalier z24 5spd All my gears work except 5th while puttting it into 5ht gear as i let out of the clutch its grinding so i cannto put in 5th or it will grind, but at times it would work, but recently as Ive been driving I go to put it in 5th, there isn't a grind its as 5th gear is just netural NEED HELP geoff

Normally the first thing that would cause a miss like that (under load in a tall gear) is a secondary ignition miss, usually caused by a plug wire, or possibly a distributor cap or rotor-have these been replaced in the last 30,000 miles? If not, I would do them first. If it still happens, you might then change the fuel filter, clean the throttle body and Mass Air Flow sensor, and replace the air filter-that's a complete tuneup, it should last you another 50,000 plus miles as long as you change the oil religiously and don't overheat it.

Sounds like the clutch is going out.

Have the clutch looked at. If the clutch is not releasing fully it makes shifting difficult. Have the trans fluid changed too, it isn't expensive and probably is listed under your maintanance in the owners manual

trans lock-up switch maybe?