I did some searching on the forums and can't tell if I need a new clutch or if I need to just bleed the master and slave cylinders. I noticed two weeks ago the pedal was getting softer, but the car was shifting fine. Then last week I noticed I had trouble getting the car into 1st. Had to pump the clutch to get it into gear and I am having great difficulty shifting into reverse. I thought it was the clutch itself(original clutch assembly on car, 140k miles) and thought it was due for a replacement. But when I searched the forums, it seems that I should bleed the cylinders just to be sure. Can anyone give me some input? Should I just do both? Any advice is appreciated.

 

Try bleeding it first.

 

yes try bleeding it first, and make sure you are doing the small master cylinder and not the one to the left the brake master cylinder. lol you would be suprised how many people miss that...