Sounds like it could be. It may also be your clutch not disengaging all the way.
Every once in a while I can't get into first using slight pressure. So I will do like you said and go to another gear, after that it's fine. When I go into reverse I always go fourth then reverse. I have never had a problem with that.
Never ever force a gear into place. That could be the quickest way to a tranny rebuild.
Mark
00 svt tour- K/N filter, SHO SHOP Y pipe, 2 1/2" back to rear Y, improved tunes.
91 sho- Hi flow Y pipe, 2 1/2" exhaust, edlebrock rpm series 2 1/2" muffs, modified intake, K/N filter, modified manifold, 190 lph fuel pump, magnacor wires, ford double platinum plugs, underdrive pullies, custom LPM, 8 pound aluminum flywheel, hi revs race duel diaphragm kevlar clutch, solid torque limiters, poly bushings evrywhere, heavy duty subframe bushings, heavy duty engine and trans mounts, subframe connectors, front and rear strut tower braces, eibach springs, tokico struts, camber ajustment plates, light weight swaybar end links, cross drilled rotors, carbon fiber pads, 225/55/16 SP 5000's, redline water weter, redline trans fluid, mobil 1 synthetic oil, police grill and the need for speed!!!
It's a chronic disease.
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