Recently, i found that my clutch goes from soft and comfy to suddenly very stiff, it is a very shocking transition, but after pumping a few times, it goes back to soft again.
And occasionally, (more like daily now), when the weather gets pretty hot, i sometimes hear a squeal when depressing the clutch pedal, seems like its coming from the pedal, but then sometimes it seems like its coming from elsewhere, like the squeal only starts when the pedal is fully depressed. It sounds like opening a door with unoiled hinges (i'm hoping that's what it is, unoil pivot ball).
So, i think i've narrowed down to these 3 probable issues.
1. Air bubbles in the system
2. Master Cylinder is kaput (well it was $30)
3. pivot ball needs oiling, or destroyed (gearbox out) =(
How now brown cow? Does somebody want to come drive the car for a bit and tell me the issue? =D
It didn't start till the day of my first paper, on the way to my exams, the clutch suddenly became hard, and then lasted that way till i arrived and parked, no leaking fluid, but the reservoir was low. When i finished the paper, clutch was fine again.
Clutch is an OS giken twin plate,
everything else is stock.
I previously had no pressure in my clutch pedal and had to drive around by turning off the engine, putting it into gear1, then starting the engine to move off, rev matching to change gears. The issue was fixed by changing the vac booster, so if anyone is facing the same prob, try it.
There you go, hope i can have an idea what the issue is with the silly car, and then come back and stamp out all those gremlins.