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Clutch pedal dropped and didnt come back. Fluid was on MIn so we filled and still nothing. Towed home yet one more time. When bleeding the master cylinder the bleed valve was letting most of the fluis out of the threads. And I also noticed the tabs on the cap were not lining up with the ones on the reservoir. See pic.   20211002_170409.thumb.jpg.528b335a1c15c713ec93ebeb9d159972.jpg

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unless I'm mistaken, the tabs on the cap are not meant to line up, they stop it turning further when you twist it on?

Re the bleeder, when you say it was leaking via the threads was this before or after you undid it to bleed. If the bleeder is blocked it will only leak via the threads which will also make it pretty much impossible to bleed as there is nothing stopping air being pulled back in. Pull it out and see if you can clean it, if not just replace it, any decent parts shop should be able to match it (no location on your profile so I can't advise better on that)

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On 10/3/2021 at 1:37 AM, Duncan said:

unless I'm mistaken, the tabs on the cap are not meant to line up, they stop it turning further when you twist it on?

Re the bleeder, when you say it was leaking via the threads was this before or after you undid it to bleed. If the bleeder is blocked it will only leak via the threads which will also make it pretty much impossible to bleed as there is nothing stopping air being pulled back in. Pull it out and see if you can clean it, if not just replace it, any decent parts shop should be able to match it (no location on your profile so I can't advise better on that)

Apologies for the location...North Carolina US

I think you're correct about the tabs. Strange design. If the cap tabs were slightly longer they'd lock in nice.

As for the bleeder, I did go to a local parts store and they had nothing. There is a JDM parts place nearby but they close weekends. I'm going to replace it. I pulled it out all the way and fluid continued to seep out of the cylinder. It was rusted and seems to be blocked 

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On 10/2/2021 at 6:08 PM, blind_elk said:

Check the pedal box hasn't broken.

Check under the car that the pushrod hasn't popped out of the slave cylinder - points to a broken pivot ball.

Will do. I've only owned two manual shifts in my day and never had a reason to do anything clutch related. Both had really low mileage and were less than 10 years old. 

 

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Just checked at the firewall to see if any fluid has leaked and didnt see anything.

No fluid under the vehicle either

Yesterday did a bleed and pedal was getting better. Took cap off to top off fluid and pedal hit the floor on the next bleed try. I'm going to change the rusted bleeder valve asap

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