AzureChris

I know I'm waaaaaaaaaay late to the show but is this still going on?

The one I bought from autozone was slightly smaller like literally maybe a 1/4 inch. I went ahead and adjusted it to the same length as the old master cylinder but still no dice.

Wellllll I actually did buy from Autozone just because I needed a quick fix as she's my DD, I replaced both the Master and Slave cylinder, the master cylinder actually went perfectly in, I was able to get it in with no issues, the issue I'm currently having now is that the clutch fork wont move my slave cylinder, before (with the old slave cylinder) it pumped perfectly, although the old cylinder was broken it moved it and you could see it moving from the top of the engine bay, but now the slave cylinder doesnt move at all, I've bled it three times so the fluid is being pumped from my master to slave, but the slave isn't being pumped by the fork or vise versa (not really sure how it all works beyond the fluid being pumped). So now my syptoms are as follows... 1) Clutch is too loose, no amount of bleeding or pumping will stiffin it. 2) The slave cylinder is not being pumped by the clutch fork when it was before 3) And essentially all of my prior issues because my clutch still isnt getting into gear while on.

Hey guys, although I did do some searching I couldn't really find EXACTLY what my problem was so here it goes. Yesterday night I started my car up (77 280z) and put it in reverse to get out of my driveway, upon putting it into first the car continued to move backward as if still in reverse, So I went ahead and turned her off, started he back up, and drove. Earlier this afternoon I was driving the girlfriend to work down the freeway in 4th gear, as I make the switch to 5th nothing...The gear wouldn't catch...tried going back into 4th...still nothing, I ended up being pulled over to the side and towed to the next exit. I popped the hood and found that my slave cylinder was leaking fluid, So I walked down the street to a mom and pop shop and picked up some hydraulic fluid, filled her up, and drove her back home. I did my research around here and found that my slave cylinder needed replacing, so I went to the nearest autozone and picked one up, installed it, and now we're here. After installing the part and bleeding it and doing all that fun stuff I went ahead and tried starting her up. I immediately felt my clutch was extreeeemely loose, so loose I couldn't "feel" it catch but I started her up anyway, in neutral. She INSTANTLY jolted forward as if she was in first and almost hopped as I was turning her on. I noticed that I couldn't change gears while she's on (from neutral to any other gear) and can only change gears when she's off. I've considered that the master clutch cylinder might be busted which I'm gonna replace tomorrow but otherwise I'm not sure what it could be. It's a brand new clutch so I'm instantly ruling that out and I just replaced my slave cylinder. My searching around here says it's my master cylinder but other than that I feel she might have other issues...All in all I don't really know what else to do. This is my first car and my first Z so I've kinda been playing everything by ear and learning as I go along. I feel that even though I've followed everything I've found she still won't run or run right, SO any help would be appreciated. Just a recap on what's wrong 1) Car "stays" in gear even after neutra; 2) Car won't change gears 3)Clutch feels loose and engaged at all times 4) Car "hopping" forward when started in first or backward when going from reverse to any gear.