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Argggh my clutch is fucked

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got_flat   +1y
Ok after driving to my mr's house i noticed my clutch was being a little funny, it was only engaging when the pedal was quite close to the floor.

When I left I adjusted the pedal to see if that made a difference, it did a little, as i drove home the pedal just went further and further in, near the end of the drive I was kicking the clutch pedal as hard as I could to try and get out and into a higher gear.

When I was almost home, the cltuch was doing very little and I was pretty much forcing the gears into place

At the moment Im pretty sure it cant be driven as it can be put into and out of gear.

I just put gearbox oil in, wether or not this had anything to do with anything i dont know.

Also today I poped open the fuse box inside the car and noticed some fuses where not even there, so I put the correct fuses in - I dont know wether or not this had anything to do with anything either.

Also.. The pedal used to get stuck in its extended position. It did this about 5 times and stopped. This was about 2-3 weeks ago.

Arghhhh, fuck this has just ruined my weekend. If any one has any ideas on what it could be, or even just a quick fix so I can at least drive it to the mechanic, please help.
frosti108   +1y
its the clutch slave cylinder.

just happened to me a week or 2 ago
paul42   +1y
I agree that it sounds like the slave cylinder. Probably just have to replace it and bleed the system. I just finished the clutch in my truck today and I also replaced the slave cylinder. It was only $13. All day project to replace the clutch but the cylinder and bleeding the system would only take about 30 minutes.
got_flat   +1y
Hmm it think my "silly" clutchs has a leakey master cylinder.

Where would i find the bleeder nipple?

Cheers
Warren
pont   +1y
down on the slave cylinder i would replace it while i was under there working on it with how cheap that part is at least your messed up slowly mine just died on me on the way home not fun starting out with out a clutch
blare   +1y
ya i just did my in a gas station parking lot last week. Its a weird feeling when that pedal gets sucked to the floor.
gwadzam   +1y
i just replaced mine. get one from drivewire.com and i swear that part will be there in like 2 days with standard shipping, which i believe is free there. it mounts on the tranny and the bleeder valve is gold and it points upward at a 35 or 40 degree angle. you'll have to have someone pump the clutch pedal when you do this to get rid of the air in the lines, but where eye protection, i didnt, and got a face full of dot 3 fluid.
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