Topic: Clutch problem

[chrisfranklin]

Have had a little irregularity with my clutch that's been going on for the last couple of years.  I will start the Jeep and the clutch pedal will go to the floor without much resistance and my shifter will not go in to gear.  I pop the hood, unscrew the lid on the clutch cylinder and see that there is a fluid drop; I top of the clutch resevoir with some brake fluid I keep.  Gradually, hydraulic pressure returns and Jeep is drivable again. However, doing this refill business seems to occurr once a month or so; and, I never see any leak of fluid.

The consistent decline of fluid in the Clutch cylinder seems suggestive of some kind of a very small, slow leak somewhere in the hydraulic system.  Haven't had clutch problems in other vehicles, so this is new to me.  Any ideas? Thanks.

[Jeffy]

Well, you should have an external slave so that's 100x easier to work on.  My guess is that there is a leak between the master and the slave.  There isn't much to the hydraulics so it's simple to check.  I'd suspect a leak at the slave since it's the lowest point in the system.  Take a look at the bellhousing and the slave for leaks.