Mike! He has described a classic Clutch Master Cylinder failure, hasn't he?
In which case, the fluid might not be low.




"Mike Romain" > wrote in message
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> Letting up on the clutch in neutral is also double clutching which can
> let a low fluid or water contaminated tranny shift. That implies the
> syncros aren't spinning up.
>
> I would be checking the fluid first anyway just to make sure it is
> topped up and doesn't look like a milkshake. They get water in them
> easy if you go too deep off road, the tranny has no vent hose only a
> button.
>
> After that, you get into pressure plate issues or even loose trannys or
> hydraulics....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello gentlemen I'm hoping somebody can give some insight to a problem
>> that started about a month ago...I have a 95 wrangler 4.0 5-speed
>> manual transmission with 105K and all of the sudden the clutch is
>> sticking in gear sometimes (mostly first) amd sometimes I can't get
>> into gear unless I let up on the clutch first, or pump it once, and
>> then it's fine...
>>
>> the brake fluid level in the small reservoir was a bit low so I topped
>> it off with the right stuff and drove for a few days with no change...
>>
>> I've done a few tests myself and I really don't think it's the clutch
>> itself, it's not slipping at all or grinding...I've been lurking around
>> here and it seem either the master or ugh slave cylinder are the big
>> culprits? Any way to figure which it might be, from what I've
>> described?
>>
>> Also somebody mentioned to me that I might have a broken spring in the
>> pressure plate?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!