need some advice please

[ianGST]

Its my clutch. One of those classic stories of driving home and experiencing a really sudden loss of pedal pressure. Within a dozen shifts it went from perfect to nothing, cruising the last couple of miles home in second. I have a stock clutch and found the following things:

The car starts fine but will not go into gear, but freely shifts into all gears while turned off.
There is no leakage that I can see around the master cylinder, and the rod seems to be going in and out fine.
The adjuster nut is tight.
All the fluids I checked seemed fine, but I might have missed checking the right one. Does the clutch have its own bottle?
There is a leak somewhere down below, probably from the slave cylinder. Its dripping all over my tranny and the black brace/bar that runs from the front bumper back.

If it is the slave cylinder, perhaps I just need to bleed the system? If so how do I do that. How much does a slave cylinder usually cost? Any other ideas? I'm really hoping my clutch isn't worn.. its been fine for a long time, and I wouldn't expect it to go from perfect to terrible in a few minutes. Based on that, do you think it is something small?

Thanks in advance
Ian

 

[my_gst95]

Its the slave cylinder. Buy one at Autozone with a lifetime warantee and you should be set Although it is a good idea to replace both the master and slave at the same time...

my_gst95