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G'day All,

It seems my '93 R32 GTS-T Manual has lost the ability to shift gears. A few weeks back it was fine and shifted gears perfectly no need to force it into gear, over the last week it got a bit harder I was so busy at work I didn't really pay much attention. After grabbing some beer from the local drive threw I noticed shifting was extremely hard all of the sudden, I only live around the corner from the bottle shop and when I stopped to turn into my drive way I couldn't get it into 1st gear at all I had to jam it into second give it quite a few revs to get up the driveway and onto the grass.

I've checked the clutch it "kind of" feels fine, it is soft till you get 3/4 down and then there is about 1 inch of actually engaging the clutch but it still has spring back in it. I'm pretty sure it isn't the clutch pedal itself since the it gradually got worse and worse. But I am a complete novice and have no idea where the Master and Slave cylinders are for the clutch so if anyone could post up a photo or point out where I would find it and what to check to see if ones broken or not that would be awesome.

My second question query is when I had the bonnet up checking things the smaller master cylinder next to the big main brake master cylinder is completely empty with fluid, I'm not sure what this smaller one is for and the cap & manual don't shed any light, I had a look and it looked like really old oil. Any one know what this smaller one is for and well, what should I top it up with?

Lucky thing for me is I have 10 days off over Christmas and this happened just at my driveway.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!

Chris

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The small one is the clutch master cylinder. As you have seen, it is empty, hence why your clutch isn't too happy about working properly.

Get some new brake fluid in it quick smart.

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Thanks,

Bleeding isn't a issue, but for the life of me I can't find the slave cylinder. I've done a bit of searching and it may just be I am not looking for right thing. Any advice on where it is would be appreciated.

Cheers.

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Slave cylinder will be more easily seen from underneath the car.

The reason your master is empty is probably that the master is leaking. Generally they leak to inside the car, and will "wet" the floor / carpet directly behind the clutch pedal. But it could also be the slave leaking.

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