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Subject:Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
From:Robert Stevens
Date:Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:54:55 -0600

On Jul 25, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Tom Buese wrote:

> Sooo, can a bad brake MC affect the fluid going thru the Clutch MC & make it not shift?  Is the brake MC above the Clutch MC  & directly below the resovoir?

Oh, and by the way, that bleeder nut is a 7mm open end wrench. Pump and press on clutch, hold it down, open the bleeder nut "just a little" to let air out, tighten it .....
repeat this 4 times and if it allows the tranny to shift, your primary problem is the clutch master cylinder failing. 
bob