I have a 95 5.0 with 5speed trans. When I bought the care it had a slight whine in the trans in 1st gear but that was only gear i could hear it in until i repaired the exhaust(guy had strait pipes dumped @ driver/pass under car). Now that I have replaced the exhaust and made it a little quieter, I am hearing the whine in 1,2,3, & 5th gears. I'm also havein issues with my TOB(throw out bearing). I know the TOB is going bad from previous experience, but this brings me to my question. Will a bad TOB cause the trans whine and also cause it not to go into 1st gear unless it is stopped(if i force it it grinds and I know that is bad for it. LOL). 1st gear is the only gear i'm having issues out of whenit comes to going into gear. I am thinking synchro for this but others I have talked with said clutch going bad can cause this. Thought/opinions? Go easy on me as I am new to a lot of this.