Good afternoon and happy hather day to all;

I am new to this group and have an old 1997 Ranger XL, 4 Cylinder 2.3L engine, 2WD, 5 speed, that has been sitting in storage for the past seven years.

I finally decided to fix it up and use it as a second vehicle. It has been complete redone with new brakes, rotors, drums, tires, dropped the fuel tank and replaced the sending unit and filler tube. A complete tune was performed with new wires and plugs ect. all to get it back on the road. THe problem is that i drove it a few miles and back to the house, after stopping the clutch would not allow me to depress (disengage) the gears are in netural and i can feel all five gears and reverse. But the pressure on the pedel is so great i can not depress it. I bleed the slave cylinder until the fluid ran clear and topped off the reserver but still i am unable to press the pedal in.

It the problem with the Master Cylinder or the clutch assembly with slave? I need some solid advise that is why i am here. Can anyone help? Where do i go from here.

Thanks

Walt