Ok guys,
Continuing my "highway only soft clutch problem"....
I topped off the fluid (took quite a bit actually, yet the level didnt change much), drove up to gville, same problem. Almost no clutch on the exit ramp, yet perfect by the time I had gone through 3 lights (which in gainesville on a friday night is gear 1, 2, stop, 1, 2, stop, 1, 2, 3....no nevermind stop...you get the idea.
So I got underneath the car today: No brake fluid near the clutch slave, no brake fluid around the master, flex hose is bone dry. So I went to check the connection between the metal hose and the master clutch cylinder, and thats where I ran into problem number 1:
How in the hell do you get to the clutch master cylinder? Is it a 'by feel only' thing, or do I have to remove the brake booster?
Well, I tried to feel my way around there with my hand, which really I didn't expect to do any good since the grommets on the resivoir have been leaking anyway. So in doing that, my arm pushed on the resivoir and the grommet started hemmoraging for lack of a better term. Got a good amount of brake fluid all over the ground, fortunately none on the exterior paint. After cleaning everything up, I went for a drive to check it, and my anti-lock (ABS) light flashed for a bit and then went off.
So at this point I'm kind of stuck in a pickle. On one hand, I don't know if I should fix the grommets first and see if its sucking in air (although I don't know how air that high in the system will hurt the clutch) and then replace the clutch master later (even though I still have no reason to belive its that, its just that I don't see it bieng anything else), or do I just buy everything and do it all at once?
I thought it might be the connection between the clutch master and the metal line, but that brings me back to the same problem-how do I get to that connection? I read brunos page, he says he pulled it a bit and used a wrench. Does he mean he pulled it through the firewall?
Here's the link for those too lazy to look:
http://www.bmwe34.net/e34main/mainte..._hydraulic.htm
Ok guys, thanks for all your help. Would like to get this nailed down, or at least get cooler weather (its hot in the volvo with no AC!)