sounds like your clutch is not disengaging, have you checked it?
synchros are pooched
Reason is, your clutch is going out or tranny is about to be shot!
for manual transmissions, you want to use Honda mtf. normal off the shelf mtf will cause grinds over time.
Yes, pushing a wheelbarrow is a form of manual labor.
It matters if you have atuomatic or manual transmission. In an automatic car the gears shift on it's own. In an manual car you shift buy pushing the clutch and then shift from 1st gear to 2 gear.
Converting a manual transmission to automatic transmission is not possible but you can replace a manual transmission to an automativ transmission . That is also an expensive deal.
there is no fluid for a manual transmission
manual
if is manual transmission you can, by pushing the car down a hill and suddenly pulling the clutch while the car is on 2nd gear
If your transmission is manual, you will have to change gear. If it is automatic, you won't.
You can use any SAE certified manual transmission fluid in your 1996 Ford manual transmission. Make sure you use manual transmission fluid and not automatic transmission fluid.
there is not a dipstick on a manual transmission