I bought the car in January the clutch was nice and tight and everything seemed to run fine. I then had to head back to afghanistan will pretty much till now. I've been assured nobody has driving my car by my dad (so that's not in question). But now my clutch goes straight to floor, I've pumped them to see if I could get any pressure back and it does feel like a got a little back, but it still won't engage.

It was sitting on a little (very little) hill, so I pushed it off facing it downhill in the other direction.

So now I'm at a loss I've had clutches go bad before, but I've always known they were going bad, or knew why they went bad. But I never had a clutch go just sitting there.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Have checked the fluid level?

 

hey bro, thanks for your service. this def sounds likes a hydraualic issue. check your clutch slave cylinder for fluid and top off and pump and hold pedal down to bleed out the air.

 

Well I checked the oil, and brake fluid all seems fine is there anything else I should check. The radiator fluid is dark not the normal greenish color. Do I need to check the tranny fluid which I'm guessing would have to be raised up to do so at least I didn't see no dipstick, so I'm guessing I got to find a fill plug.

Also there were no leaks it was parked on concrete and my did check it while I was away because he also noticed it the clutch but he didn't think about it as all he did was start it up now and then.

Well you got any pictures 383 or now a good tutorial to do that. I've never really worked to much on cars. I can do simple things (brakes, rotors, exhaust, etc), and I catch on quick when show something. But I've never had to do this before so ya clutch slave cylinder is beyond me just knowing what to do.

Just found a tut. how to replace the slave, and master so I guess it's time to learn something. Hopefully it just needs fluid lol.

Well I just found out what the slave cylinder is and where it's at (can't make **** easy to get to), and it was bone dry so hopefully add some fluid and it all works out lol.

 

Air is getting back into the clutch hydraulic system somehow when your Vette sits unused for a period of time.

If you see no visible signs of brake/clutch fluid loss,
then top off the system and have a helper ( your dad) bleed out the hydraulic clutch system.

Sometimes it can be a real SOB to bleed out a hydraulic clutch system.
What I do on the vehicles that are very difficult to bleed out the air of a clutch system is open the slave cylinder bleeder screw.
Then work the clutch pedal slowly with my right hand 4 or 5 times.
You do not want to cycle the clutch pedal rapidly.
Once fluid runs out of the slave cylinder I continue to let it drip.
Gravity will pull brake fluid through the entire system.
Let the hydraulic clutch system drip for 5- 10 minutes.
Keep an eye on the clutch master cylinder fluid level.
Continue to top it off as needed( leave the rubber fill cap off).
After you have run about 1 pint of brake fluid through the system,
Close off the clutch slave cylinder bleeder screw.
Leave the rubber fill cap off yet.
Now kneeling down on your right knee, cycle the clutch pedal fully to the floor and back up on its own 50 - 100 times.
Do it for at least 5 minutes( by then you have roughly cycled the clutch pedal 100 times).
Around the 30th to 40th clutch pedal cycling you should feel the pedal stiffen up tremendous and hear the clutch throwout bearing moving the pressure plate.
Reinstall the rubber fill cap.
Let your Vette sit in a cool garage overnight.
Recheck for leaks in morning & clutch-disc disengagement.
If you find leaks, repairs are required as needed.

Brian

 

If its getting air in it just replace it and avoid future problems, not that bad to replace really. Do the master and the slave.

 

Thanks for all the help guys. But once I filled it up it all went to working back normally. I've been keeping an eye on the fluid now and it does seem to be staying steady. Again thanks for the info/help.

 

I was getting to the point on my 92 where the slave would leak internally enough that if it sat a few weeks I would have no fluid.

Replaced the master and slave this winter and its holding fluid for months at a time now.