OK so I'm putting this in newb questions because I'm thinking it has to be something simple. My 97 5spd 4runner has just under 100k on it. And most of the time when i first start it and put it in 1st to take off it does this wierd thing. The closest I can describe it is it acts like i'm 16 trying to learn to drive a stick, and almost stalling it. Even if I give it more than normal amount of gas it does the jerking almost stall thing. Once it's warmed up it seems fine, and even cold the rest of the gears are fine. After 15+ years of driving a manual I've only had to replace one clutch and that one showed that it was failing by slipping, I can't get this one to slip so I think the clutch is good. I don't think it matters, but I hardly drive it anymore, it sits on the uphill driveway for days at a time between trips if that matters.
Anyway, I hope someone has some good ideas about what could be making it act this way.
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