First problem with the MR2

MeAnBoY · 5 Jul 2009 at 22:46

Right so as expected from a 23year old car problems are part and parcel of ownership.
Anyway I parked the car in the garage like normal a couple of nights ago but when I jumped in the car today the first thing I noticed was an unusually slack clutch pedal. it now has zero resistance to it and just doesn't work. now I can engage the gears when the car is off but obviously when on there's boat I can do. Am I on the right lines in thinking its the clutch cable that's given up the ghost, or worse?
posting this from my phone so trying to to keep the post fairly short. any help or suggestions welcome!

MeAnBoY · 6 Jul 2009 at 16:15

Ok guys cheers for the responses, i will be giving it a looksy tonight when i get home from work!

MeAnBoY · 8 Jul 2009 at 10:33

right guys the problm is sorted now, cheers again for the help.

feels damn good to have her back on the road

MeAnBoY · 8 Jul 2009 at 11:18

Tesla said:
Care to share the fix?

Was exactly as described by Kaiowas and others in this thread, leaky fluid from the clutch release mechanism which i topped up but still had no resistance in the clutch pedal, so that meant i had air bubbles in the system. All i needed to do after that was locate the bleeding nipple (oeerr) which is right by the gearbox and release the air, top-up the fluid again and off we go

MeAnBoY · 8 Jul 2009 at 11:32

Matthew.M said:
That's only a temp fix. It will leak out again until you sort the underlying problem.

indeed, still need to order the part.