I have a 1993 Bronco with a 302 and manual 5 speed tranny. It has been extremely cold here for the past week or so, so I went outside to warm it up, I pressed the clutch in and started my Bronco, it fired up, but the clutch pedal stayed to the floor. I checked the fluid for the clutch and sure enough it was empty. So obviously I lost pressure from no fluid so I pumped the pedal and added fluid and I got pressure back. But as I shifted through the gears I noticed it was getting harder and harder to go into gear, I added more fluid for it had dropped in level again. I finally decided I must have a leak in the line somewhere and sure enough I look under my truck and there is a nice steady drip coming from under the bellhousing. So my question is, is this just a simple repair like replacing the line from the cylinder to the clutch itself or could it possibly be something more serious? If this is it can I do it myself? I haven`t got down there to really examine the leak but it is definately coming from around the clutch area. Please any advice would be helpful.

 

Sounds like your slave cylinder is leaking. Not sure about your truck whether you have an external slave cylinder or a concentric one.
If it is external you will see it on the end of the pipe coming from the clutch master cylinder on the firewall. There will be a rod from it to the clutch throwout lever on the bellhousing.
If it is concentric then it is inside the bellhousing and the transmission has to be removed to replace it.
Get under the truck and see which you have. If it is external you should be able to do it yourself. If internal it`s a big job. Good luck.

 

I should add that a first step would be to follow the pipe down from the master cylinder, right to the bellhousing, to make sure that it has not rusted/rubbed thru anywhere.

 

Probably the slave is gone, it requires removing the transmission to replace.

I think because no one ever flushes the clutch system, the brake fluid picks up water over time and then when it gets extremely cold, it pops something.