hi everyone,

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR READING ALL THIS... (i thought it would be better to be very explicit)

I have a stock Prelude '92 (H23A non-vtec). I've been having problems with either my clutch, master or slave cylinder, but I don't know which. Here's a description :

Started about a week ago. After a short session of friendly highway racing (which i don't do very often) the gears started to be harder to shift into, except if the car wasen't moving and running at idle. As I made my way back home that same night, I would have to shift at about 3500 rpm, otherwise i would grind the gears (as if i had no clutch) but i could still feel the usual pressure in my clutch pedal....

The next day, same thing, but the friction point would change every time i stepped on the clutch pedal. Sometimes I would be at a red light in 1st gear with the clutch pedal down and the car would try to move as if i was letting off the clutch pedal (felt like the friction point changed even if i wasent moving anything)....

For the next 2-3 days, the situation was the same, but the gears would be harder to shift into EVEN AT IDLE.

Then all of a sudden, on the ride back home, everything seemed like it was back to normal. So I thought the best test would be to try and shift at higher rpm's to see if the problem would come back. Unfortunately, it did (of course I wasen't surprised).

Since then, it just keeps getting better, then worse, then better, then worse...

SO...

I've been told it's probably my clutch master cylinder. But reading about that problem, I noticed that in most case the clutch pedal would stay to the floor after being pushed down. And mine always comes back with the same kind of pressure as usual.

I checked my clutch fluid reservoir, and it's missing some. I know the first thing I have to do is add some, but I'm just wondering if it really is just the clutch master cylinder.

Can anyone tell me if they think it's the clutch master cylinder, the slave cylinder, or the clutch itself that seems to be defect?

THANKS!