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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 05:27 AM
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Default Need help Diagnosing Clutch problems

I have a 99 accord with almost 130k on it. 110k of those miles are mine, and the car has given me minimal headaches.

Nothing serioulsy mechanical wrong, except the 3-4 synchro is 75% fried (3rd gear is almost unusable, and 4th grinds half the time unless I double-clutch correctly, however that's from being lazy and not using the clutch and wearing it out.

Anyway, My clutch pedal over time has become less and less responsive. I now have to push it completely to the floor to disengage the clutch and shift into gear. You know that fake pedal thing to rest your foot on? It has to go PAST that, all the way down and driven into the carpet. I had to slide my seat forward a couple notches so I could have more leg power.

Well, my left foot hurts, and I want to fix it.

I checked the clutch master cylinder and it was a tad low, so I topped it off. There was absolutely no change in the pedal.

It seems to me like a lack of pressure, but I have been pumping the pedal as much as I can trying to see if I'm losing fluid, and so far it doesn't seem like I am. Over 6 years I have never checked the fluid level, and it was only at the "min" line. I would think over that much time if there was a leak, it would have been dry.

Could there be air in the line? How do you bleed a clutch line?

Thanks for reading. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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