KD3NE

1996 4.0 i6 5 speed

I am having a random problem, it's been going on for about a month but I wanted to ride it out and get a better feel for what is going on.

Last week I came up to a red light, downshifted normally to 1st gear.

Had my foot on the clutch pedal, all the way to the floor when I felt the clutch begin to engage and the engine started to lug down. Luckily the light went green for me so I let my foot off the clutch pedal and accelerated, shifted up normally and all is well.

It happened once more, this time I am backing out of my driveway, trans in reverse, clutch pedal to the floor. I was about to shift into 1st and go forward when I felt the clutch engaging in reverse and could not shift into 1st.

This time I had to shut it off, and stop or run off the road.

So that accurately describes the symptoms.

Clutch fluid level looks good, so it's not like I am losing fluid.

I am guessing ( I am no clutch expert ) that perhaps there is a possible leak around the piston in the master cylinder and when I have the clutch pedal in the fluid leaks around the piston and lets the clutch engage.

Does that make sense? Is it possible a similar this could occur in the slave cylinder?

freegdr

its ether the clutch master or the slave bypassing

elalr

the experiences ive had says its the master. all the bad slaves i have ever seen leak out. if its bleeding off and not losing fluid its the master.