Clutch fluid replacement

4 cyl, yeah it has the original spring but the pedal returns fine, moreso feels like the clutch doesn't always disengage all the way when I depress it.

 

Yeah I cracked the bleeder and put my tube and bottle combo in the wheel well on top of the frame so I could see how full it was getting and if it was clear yet without having to crawl under each time. It would be a lot easier if you had someone sit in the cab and pump the clutch. I found it to be loads easier than bleeding brakes, you kind of just pump the pedal a couple times and the reservoir is so small that it doesn't take long.

If you can get under there on a creeper on your back at stock height you'll be able to do it. I was able to crawl under when I was stock height, but I'm pretty thin and young.

 

Would it be silly to expect a change in clutch performance by changing the fluid?

I know at times getting into 1st gear is a little difficult.

 

It might, you can get the same kind of symptoms as a soft brake pedal. But if it's just 1st thats hard to get into that could just be an old trans and some worn synchros

 

4 cylinder, never mine then. They don't have that goofy coil style return spring that the 6 cylinder models have.

 

285k so maybe so..