The car is a 91 miata, just replaced the slave cylinder (to solve a slow leak) and the main problem still exists. If you press in the clutch and hold it for a few seconds there is no pressure when letting it out. If sitting with the car in gear and the clutch in after several seconds the car will start to creep. The system is very thoroughly bled (over a quart of fluid has passed through the system) and I'm led to believe that the master cylinder is the culprit. The part looks to be original as it has a nice coating of rust on it. Short of the clutch itself being bad this is the only part left. If you drive the car and shift quickly there are no problems, so I think that the internal seals are leaking and letting pressure out of the line.
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Jan. 27, 2010 12:20 p.m. bigbrainonbrad New Reader
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Jan. 27, 2010 12:30 p.m. Soma007 New Reader
Push the clutch in and have someone watch the clutch arm under the car to see if it creeps back.
More than likely though its the master. There isn't much to the system and you already replaced half of it.
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Jan. 27, 2010 1:17 p.m. cwh SuperDork
Isn't a rebuild kit dirt cheap for these? I did one on a Z car back in the day and recall it was ~10.00!
