gutted.

[gareth400se]

just went to get the wedge out the garage and felt the clutch pedal go slack until half way down then resistance,have trouble selecting gears not engaging that horrible crunching sound,any ideas as to wot it could be,as im panicking about wedgefest next week.

[Jack Valiant]

Check clutch resovoir level gone down? Fluid black? Then likely that the slave seals have gone or on their way out.
could try bleeding it and try again

Chris

[gareth400se]

just checked clutch fluid level and its all gone,just black sludge in the bottom,gona try refilling and bleeding for short term so i can get to the wedgefest,renew the seals longterm.

[jmorgan]

Check your socks. Sometimes it goes leaks on the inside and dribbles its guts out over your feet and carpet in the footwell

[Jack Valiant]

If its black sludge thats the remains of the seals so probably needs new seals in the slave cylinder. I am sure someone will come along with the part details but not a bad job to do yourself took me about 2 hours to do mine

Good luck

Chris

[grahamw48]

Thank goodness it's not the clutch itself.

[gareth400se]

panic stations over,phew .went and got some clutch fluid and an eazibleed set,drained old fluid it was a dirty brown/black colour ,put new in and bled system took it for a run, hey presto.probably not been done for a long time,will check level again tomorrow and see you all at bbwf,thanks for all the help.

[adam quantrill]

Make sure you take some spare fluid with you just in case, then at least you can top up if it leaks again, and your bleed kit too. Don't drive it without a clutch as you can knacker the gearbox very quickly changing gear.

[rev-erend]

Take the fluid and tools along .. just in case.