renxwar

I'm having trouble with my car not wanting to go into 1st and sometimes other gears.. I'm trying to narrow down a clutch problem to a hydrolic problem.

If your in gear, at higher RPMs, does your pedal go down from the very top (spongy until about 80-75%, where it feels solid), but is 100% when out of gear?

TheLS1Kid

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It should have pressure for 100% of the pedal travel.

Your problem is most likely being caused by heat.

Wrap your hydraulic line in heater hose.

cam

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Change your fluid while your at it. It should be clear

Hugger Z

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Do you still have the heat shield that covers the clutch line to protect it from exhaust heat? Some people remove that and have hot fluid (a.k.a. soft pedal) issues.

renxwar

Fluids brand new, I had my mechanic bleed it AFTER I bled it atleast a bottle and a half. I'm going to Autozone today to get a Mityvac for good measure, and while I'm doing that I'll wrap the lines and re-route the remote bleeder.

The heat shild IS still on there, and I don't have headers on.

BIG_MIKE2005

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Mine doesn't do that & it's been in for about a year. I drive it over 300 miles a week & it's also still on the stock 99' master.

I bled mine with the mityvac & it only took like 20 minutes. Haven't messed with it since.

BLK02TA

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Hmm heater hose over the clutch line and wrapped with heat foil/tape.

Hugger Z

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Have you done the drill mod on the master yet? That will slow down the fluid flow between the pedal and clutch. I noticed a difference when I did mine while installing the new clutch. No delayed engagement feel anymore. I could feel the clutch grabbing and the car pulling harder as it engaged. Now it is more of an on-off feel. I like that better as it is more positive feeling.

renxwar

Drill mods done.

So looks like the votes go for Mityvac and heatwrap?

02silvaZ

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well i can relate somewhat, i changed my clutch to the LS7 in january, no probs, everything went fine, drove it for about 5,000 miles, then about a month and a half ago clutch wouldnt disengaged, first step, changed the hydraulics, didnt help, next, put in a brand new LS7 clutch, partially solved the problem, i can drive it now but the clutch still does not fully disengage making it hard to get into gear and real hard for reverse, i am stumped on what to, and yes i still have the heat shield over the line and yes the system has been vac bled, i am just drivin' it now cause i got sick of screwin with it, good luck with your dilemma

renxwar

Sounds like EXACTLY my problem. Things went fine until ~3k miles or so then it started to get bad. I mityvac'd it and it seemed to help, alot of bubbles came out. It helped with firmness, but I still have some issues.