Greetings- I'm having clutch problems in an '85. The master cylinder wasa dripping fluid, and it recently (tonight) got to the point I couldn't put it in first (reverse has been a problem for a few weeks). I got home and bled the system with the pressure bleeder, and the clutch pedal is back to a firm ride all the way down, but there are still problems with shifing and catching once I have shifted. Would this still be related to a bad master cyinder-it isn't putting enough pressuer on the slave even though it has all been bled, or is the clutch also kaput? (I do hear a sandpaper like sound when in gear). If it is the clutch, which is the easiest avenue of repair, dropping the engine or the transmission? The immediate result is the '71 gets a shotgun tune-up and once-over tomorrow :) Geosh |
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