No 1st or reverse

[flouese]

Let me start off by saying I am a 986 newbie. If this was my 656 912, I'd be all over it.

Purchased a pressure bleeder as suggested, followed all directions; bled both ports on all brakes and bled the slave cylinder last. However, it semi fixed the problem.

- With the car off, the car shifts like a hot knife through butter.
- Once the car is running, it is still difficult, but not impossible to get it into 1st or reverse.
- If the car is rolling in 2nd, I can down shift with out to much difficulty.
- If at a complete stop, it's very difficult to get into 1st.

One last piece of data, when I pump the clutch pedal, it sounds as if the fluid reservoir cap is sucking air. I put a piece of plastic over the opening, screwed the lid down. No more sucking sound.

Any suggestions? Wife still not happy!!!

[Nmbrsix]

Sounds like you have either:

-An air leak in the system caused by an improperly installed/tightened hose
-A failing clutch master cylinder
-A failing clutch slave cylinder

If you've attempted to power bleed the system--did you get nothing but fresh fluid at the slave end? Or were there still bubbles in the fluid?

Your description that it sounds like the clutch MC is 'sucking air' makes me think that the master cylinder could be bad, or that you have a bad connection at that end.