Pumping Clutch to rebuild pressure to shift?

[palepimp]

Hello, I have a 92 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5. This car has 126,000 miles with the transmission being replaced at 56,000 miles, while the clutch and assembly hasn't been replaced for the whole time. For the past month or two, the clutch master cylinder fluid seams to be leaking where I have to pour more fluid in every week or so, so it won't get as low as to suck air in the system. I have bled the system and the drained clutch fluid is almost all black like oil is leaking in from somewhere. After driving for a short distance, if your not "pumping" the clutch every so often, the clutch will lose much pressure and hang almost to the floor. I have to pump the clutch a few times to regain pressure, in the system and then I can switch gears as usual until a few minutes later. I brought this jeep to the emissions station and the retard driver there cannot even drive it on the Dyno to see if it passes the test, they say I have to fix it before they will drive it on there.

Anyway I am short on funds, and I'm trying to figure out if this would be a Master/Slave cylinder problem or actual clutch problem that needs to be fixed. The price to repair the Master/Slave cylinder solution is far cheaper than the other solution. Any help would be appreciated. I am from near Chicago in Illinios, if anyone can do it cheap for me. Also can save money orderign parts online, any suggestions??

[addihs214]

I would say with all those miles on the original clutch, your clutch disc is probably shot. So I think it would be the clutch that needs replacing. Actually, for the time it would take and the money you would spend, I would do it all at once. A slave cylinder is about $120 and you have to pull the tranny anyway since you have the internal slave cylinder. Go to www.dialaclutch.com and the clutch kit includes slave cylinder, pilot bearing and all the clutch components you need to do the job. So in the long run it would be more efficent to do it all.

[palepimp]

Thank you very much for the info.

One more question, is this a job for me and some mechanic friends of mine or should I take it to a shop and have them do it to be safe?

I have tools/friends/chilton manual etc., but I don't want to attemt this repair and open up a can of worms that I cannot finish.

Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you...

[addihs214]

Well, it's easier for a shop to do it because they have a lift and tranny jack and all those handy tools. But if you are mechanically inclinded you can do it yourself. Once you take the belly pan down, everything is right there and the tranny isn't that heavy. If you need anymore help, feel free to email me at [email protected] or my AIM screenname is DrDan524.

Thanks
Dan

[AlmostStock]

If you have to keep adding fluid then for sure you have a hydraulic problem. This could be within the master cylinder, slave cylinder, or lines. Fix that first. Your clutch may still be fine. Mine has 170,XXX on all of the original parts with no repairs at all.