95 Civic Trans help ASAP

[TealEJ1]

Last night I got in the car to drive home and when I pressed the clutch pedal there wasn't any pressure to it until the bottom. It is stiff and squishy, I have a horrible time getting it into gear, to get in reverse and 1st I have to pump it and give it gas till it finally drops into gear. Once it's in gear there is no slipping and it drives normal but I can't downshift. I just have to let the car coast until I can catch a gear, and it runs up the gears fine, like normal. What could the problem be? Slave cylinder? Thanks and reps will be given.

[roscoe]

it might be your piston seals on the master and slave cylinder have a leak... or maybe contamination in the fluid that settled down into your slave... i'd try to bleed your slave cylinder and check all your hydro linkage

[suprapower]

slave cylinder could have junk built up in it. i would say try bleeding it and then take it from there

[TealEJ1]

Thanks for the input, I'm checking into the slave cylinder as soon as I get off and hopefully that's the cause.

[mod94civ]

look at the clutch pedal and see if fluid is running down pad behind carpet if it is you have a bad master cyl.

[jcs]

first i would check brake fluid,next check the nipple on the slave to see if there is a leak,then if none of the above bleed the system,put in brake fluid and pump the pedal see if there is any pressure. the only other thing i could think is maybe the throw-out bearing

[TealEJ1]

Thanks guys. I checked the slave and it's good, the master cylinder needs replacing, I bled the system and it's good now, just have to replace the master cylinder, thanks for all the input and you have been repped.