Clutch problem

JONATHAN PHILLIPS

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1997 MAZDA B2300
3.3L
6 CYL
MANUAL
32,000 MILES

I was driving fine, as I shift gear I notice the clutch is soft and will not shift into gear. Once I got into a safe place I turn my truck off clutch still soft and will now shift kind of.

I replaced the hydraulic clutch line three months ago and worked fine until now.
The clutch pad was replaced just before I got my truck, had it for about six months.

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MHPAUTOS

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You may have air in the clutch hydraulic line, if the pedal is soft this may be the air compressing, check for fluid loss, and if so check both the master cylinder nd the slave cylinder for leaks, and replace as required, then re bleed the system.

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Thursday, December 14th, 2017 AT 4:14 AM

JONATHAN PHILLIPS

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When I got my truck home I did start pumping the clutch pedal and adding fluid to the clutch Reservoir I added enough to see dripping coming out of the back end of the transmission I'm pretty sure it's the slave cylinder that might have blown a gasket or something I don't know any tips.
Because it's internal I started taking out the transmission right now I'm just held up on the two top bolts.

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Thursday, December 14th, 2017 AT 8:47 AM

MHPAUTOS

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Not easy to reach, use long extensions and a swivel universal, nothing is ever straight forward working on most cars these days, thank you for using 2 Carpros, and re post if you have further questions on this job.

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Thursday, December 14th, 2017 AT 12:25 PM

JONATHAN PHILLIPS