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Clutch pedal sticks, 1st grinds and slips into neutral...weird stuff

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The Sorrow

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Aug 5, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada
Ok recently got my tranny replaced, tranny guy says the clutch is REALLY worn, didn't look too bad, just worn from being used. (FX400 6 puck) anyway i got the car today and everything was goin great. Then i started from a stop on a hill (going up) and i was putting it in first and it didnt seem to go in all the way WTF grinds and almost stalls. so i have to put it back in neutral and push the rest of the way in first and it works. NEXT im driving in the lot at work and everything's going fine. I stop at a sign and my clutch pedal (which is rather stiff) is still fully pressed to the ground... so i shift into first. im thinking my clutch is out so i just shift into second and it shifted.... (again WTF kind of face goin on) then i park and PULL my clutch pedal up into regular, now it feels like the everyday lose clutch... not to mention it also engages literally not even an INCH off the floor... i also now have quite the b**** of a time getting all the way into first. At this moment in time I'm thinking mismatched tranny.... or a bad master/slave cylinder.... good thing i got a 1 year warranty on that thing :hellyeah::rocks::hellyeah: hate to think this way but maybe the Hispanic mechanics messed something up :confused: (not racist in ANY way) either way im lost, can i get some guidance? :idontknow:

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oh yea... also have some fluid leaking.... smells like tranny fluid >.> feels like tranny fluid <.< please god dont be tranny fluid
 
my clutch started sticking and i had trouble getting into first gear. I also had a odor also, look up under the dash at the master cylinder and see if its leaking. I ended up having to replace both my master (bad) and slave cylinders (while i was in there) works fine now. Guess thats whats expected when your car sits for 5 years.
 
Sounds like you need to bleed the system and if that doesn't work then try adjusting your clutch pedal adjuster at the top of the clutch pedal. there is a 12mm nut that you really cant see but you can feel that needs to be loosened before you can change the travel. Just adjust it 1 way or the other with the car running (and in neutral) and adjust and test til it feels right. Also, tranny fluid and brake fluid look/feel the same but tranny fluid has a sort of rotten egg smell.
 
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