Help me out, I've driven automatic trans cars all my life. The clutch on my Pantera (red housing, 1 year old) has worked well until today. After a long trip, I found it was not easy to get into Reverse without grinding teeth, and when accelerating hard, it was difficult to get out of 2nd. I helped if I pressed the clutch pedal through the carpet... So I imagined the clutch was not fully disengaging. When I got home I looked in the back. The cylinder was leaking slightly, the rubber boot has a hole on the lower part. But I tested how much it was leaking by keeping the clutch pressed down for an hour, the clutch arm didn't move so I could measure a change, so the leak is insignificant? I've bleeded the system some months ago.
Questions:
1. Is my cylinder broken so I need a new or is it OK if it can keep pressure for hours?
2. If broken, can I get a repair kit, or do I need a new cylinder? Where can I purchase?
3. On the original issue, how do I adjust the clutch. I have all the technical books, and they seem to say different things. Is there adjustment to be done at the pedal or only in the back and how?
As you can see clutch work is new to me, please help.
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