I was on a 40 minute round trip to the city yesterday in my Mini Cooper and on the way back my gear changes became very stiff and I had to use a lot more force than usual to put it into gear. It did this for about 10 minutes during which I tried to shift as little as possible in case I couldn't get it in gear. I got to a red light after a few miles of this and I left it in first with my foot on the clutch so I knew I could get going and when it turned green I started off as usual but when I went for second gear it was perfectly alright, like nothing was wrong in the first place. Does anyone know why it would've done this for a short period of time then stopped?

It was a warm day and the car had been running for a while already and I've never had anything like this before. My car is a 2002 Mini Cooper S. If you need any more information, just ask!

 

if anyone knows the problem id like to know to. sometimes in the morning when i go to drive my car it does this. i feel like its the slave cylinder/master cylinder or the pressure plate...hopefully not the pressure plate. maybe it just needs rebled

 

..... who would like to know. I'm about to get underneath and check my shift linkage as a longshot.

Joe Mc