mopa wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I had some problems in the past with my car, and all of you great
> people on the board were able to help me. Unfortunately, today when I
> tried to drive my car (its been sitting in the parking lot for 3 days)
> when I started the car I noticed that the foot clutch had absolutely no
> pressor. I tried to put the car into first gear, and because of the
> lack of pressor it wouldn't let me.
>
> I heard of a clutch going bad, or scraping when changing gears, but I
> never seen or heard of this happening. I pumped on the clutch pedal
> like 20 times and managed to get some pressor in it so I could go to
> work today. As I was driving back home I had problems changing gears
> again and pumped on the clutch pedal a bunch of times, and it seemed to
> work. Does anyone know what maybe causing this problem?
>
> I just started a new job being fulltime, and now started college also
> being full time. I don't have any money to get a new car, otherwise I
> would. I cannot afford to take off work or miss any school. Please help
> me. :O)
>
> Thanks so much for your time, and help.
>
> Johnny
>
first thing to do is check the fluid level. it's common for these
things to leak, and once the line is airlocked, you get the symptoms you
describe.

suggest that while you're waiting for parts, you refill the reservoir,
bleed the slave and make sure you keep it topped up. you can drive a
car like this for some time before the leak gets so bad it won't work at
all.

and in emergency, you can get away wihout the clutch for all gear shifts
except pulling away from standstill. just get the revs right and hold
the stick against the gear slot you want. it'll drop in as soon as it
meshes. do /not/ make a habit of this or force it - for hopefully
obvious reasons.