The clutch was working poorly, then it got worse. Pushing in the clutch pedal had some effect but not enough. The clutch dragged badly. In 1st gear, the car would still move foward at 1 mph. This made changing gears impossible.

I believe this was also related to the shuddering I experienced while shifting gears.

I opted to replace the entire clutch hydraulic system. I got parts from Skandix and installed them. To make my life easier, I installed a new banjo bolt on the brake master cylinder. The new one was much shorter than the old one (that included the brake light switch) which allowed me to remove the clutch master without removing the brake master first.

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Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg much better, can now get clutch master out without messing with brake master	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg
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Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg cap leaks but this is still a convenient way to fill clutch master cylinder with fluid	Smll Med Lrg new clutch pedal bracket is too short, keeps pedal too far back. Need to make new bracket	Smll Med Lrg
Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg welded nut to new bracket to make installation easier	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg
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