5spd GT clutch issue., strange symtom... Options

[enderswift]

Hey everyone, today was a great day as it was the first time i got to drive the celi since i put her away for school last august. its a 99 stick shift GT and as you can imagine it was a fantastic day until i was 15 minutes from home. For some reason at low revs (aka 1st and reverse), my clutch pedal does not want to spring back. Its stuck hugging the floorboard. I have to pull it back with my foot. After that it works fine though, i shift without problems and the car runs great. Its late so I havent checked anything yet but my guess its that i have low fluid, air in the lines, or a combination of the two. The problem with this theory is that i've put close to 150 miles on the car in one day only to develop this problem during the last 5 miles? Id imagine that air in the lines would be more gradual... Return spring maybe? But then why would it only happen in first and reverse?

can someone tell me if im on the right track or point me in the right direction please?

BTW, this is a 99 with only 71 K on it so i doubt its my Clutch MC and i dont see any leaks



This post has been edited by enderswift: May 20, 2009 - 12:40 AM

[enderswift]

thanks for the reply pressure, i did just that while i was bleeding the clutch. I figure, if im going to end up replacing one of the components, then i might as well bleed the system first on the off chance that it helps. Well it did One air bubble came right out followed by pure fluid. I havent replaced all the fluid and i plan on doing that later today. But right now my clutch issue is resolved.. unfortunately i dont think its going to stay that way for long since that air bubble must have gotten there somehow in the first place...

question, when i had my brother push in the clutch, it had to be pulled out in order for the master cylinder to draw in fluid.... that seemed strange to me.. thoughts?