Pink Flea

Ok, my clutch was grinding and I would have to pump the pedal to get it to go into gear. It finally stopped going into gear.
The last time it did this I thought it was the slave cylinder, I replaced that only to find out I had a torn clutch pedal bracket so the slave cylinder was fine. We replaced it again anyways and the car still would not go into gear. We realized the clutch fork was stuck, got that loose so now the gear shifter will move again. However, now the clutch will not prime.
Seems to me the issue was the stuck ork but for some reason after swithcing out the slave cylinder something else has gone wrong. When we try to prine the clutch it will start to build pressure then the rubber boot slips off and the clutch fluid leaks out. We where told to replace the Master clutch cylinder which is fine with me, I just really want to get everyones opinions on what it could be to rule out all possibilities before I spend moremoney I dont have right now trying to fix it. My car has now been sitting in the driveway for 8 months! I am 6 months pregnant and I kinda need my car running or that could be one hell of a walk to the hospital, lol. Any help guys?!! PLEASE! I can tell you the slave cylinder is fine and I put an Act II comp clutch in 2 years ago. The car runs fine... just, it runs in place, lol.

Cf05

It sounds like you have a leak in your brake/clutch system, find the leak... if it is coming from the master cylinder then you will probably need to get a new one... If its a line replace said line hope that helps a little...

Pink Flea

I actually decided to give up and just take it to Mazda. It has sat there for 8 months and today after posting this I went out to start it and not only will the NEW Optima battery not hold a charge but my alarm goes off when there is power going to the car.