Hi Jason,
I had, am having a simmilar problem with my clutch. A couple years ago I was
having difficulty getting the car into 1 st and reverse. The only solution is
to rebuild or replace the clutch master and slave hydralic cylinders. The
seals are probably worn and air is getting into the system, fluid is leaking
out. I'll let someone else tell you how to tell if the cylinders need to be
replaced. I'm np expert on this!
One thing that you do have to be carefull of is to use the right kind of fluid
when you are refilling/bleeding the system. I made the mistake of using the
wrong fluid and now the seals on the hydralics have deterioated and I have to
replace them!
Now if anyone out there can tell us what the correct fluid to use with the
girling seals is...
Rug that is Shag wrote:
> Finally, yesterday I had a total failure of some part of the clutch system.
> I was driving to work and at a red light the car refused to go back into
> 1st. I got the car to the sid of the road and looked in the master cylinder
> reservoir. It was nearly drained, but still about 1/8 of the way full (this
> is a new occurrance for me, in the past year I've never seen the level in
> the res change). I thought that was kind of odd, but I refilled the res
> (with a handy supply of brake fluid), pumped the pedal a few times, and
> everything seemed to be working again... Until I tried driving home from
> work. After starting the engine, no amount of pedal pumping would convince
> the thing to go into gear, and I had to have a friend of mine tow me back
> home.
>
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