[urq] Bad clutch master cylinder?

[Buchholz, Steven]

... did you check for the damaged firewall situation?  As the car ages
the firewall flexes more and more, which limits the total range of the
clutch.  

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> I have very similar symptoms. The main one being that when warm and
crawling
> in traffic if I dip the clutch it will suddenly start to drag and it
has to
> be wrenched out of gear. I find that if I do not dip all the way to
the
> floor it is less likely to occur. Bearing in mind that I have fitted a
new
> clutch, new master cylinder and new slave cylinder and new pipe
between them
> and have bled litres of fluid through it in various ways and never see
> bubbles, I think Johns suggestion of the plate sticking on the input
shaft
> seems reasonable. Don't go doing what I have done unless you are sure.
> 
> If you find the cure please let me know.