Fairy tale...

[Alan Cordeiro <cordeiro@avlna.com>]

> I came to a stop and clutched in, but the pedal
> didn't come back up.  It had done this once before but
> I was able to pull the pedal up and thought "weird".
> Also, I noticed that 5th was notchier than before and
> made a mental note to change the fluids asap.
> So I remembered that my mechanic said that the vacuum
> pump on the new engine had not been working at first,
> so I swapped it out.  Nothing.  Then I found a small
> vacuum leak and fixed that - nothing.
> Under the car I see some fluid seeping, thinner than
> oil perhaps, could be tranny fluid.  The gearbox works
> fine, I can shift and feel the gears engage but the 
> motion does not reach the axles if you know what I mean.
> It's as if the clutch is in "off" and is stuck there.
 
> What are the possible culprits here?  I figure odds are
> slim that he forgot a couple of tranny bolts and that the
> fluid leaked all out, but I guess it's possible.
> The brake fluid is topped off and the brakes work fine
> as far as I can tell.

This sounds suspiciously like the clutch master cylinder.
Still don't know where the leak is from. Perhaps the slave
cylinder is leaking too. Perhaps the effect of the slave
leaking is the same as the MC washers going south. Are you
loosing fluid from the brake cylinder reservior ? the clutch
and brakes share a common reservior on the 5k, I not sure
if its the same on the 4k.

Alan