Master cylinder instantly giving up?

[Heitzke]

Jump into the car today to go to work, push in the clutch and *snap* the pedal goes to the floor. I look under the dash by the pedal and a little bit of fluid is leaking out by the piston.

Is it normal for the master cylinder to all of a sudden just shit itself one day? Drove fine late last night and it just gave up this morning.

Am I missing something? Just wanted to check up before ordering some parts that I don't actually need.

[talonXracer]

Yeah, the internal seals held untill they blew out, that is a normal mode of failure.

[Heitzke]

Yeah, the internal seals held untill they blew out, that is a normal mode of failure.

Always the man with the answers, thank you sir. Guess I'll order up an 03 EX MC. Anything I need to know about an install? Looks like a pain in the ass .

[talonXracer]

LOL, I have done one, and it is a bitch, sorta, jack the car up and remove the drivers wheel and you should be able to get at it without much pain, unless you have paws the size of dinner plates.....

[Heitzke]

Haha fortunately I have pretty small hands so that shouldn't be an issue. Unfortunately though, it broke while in a parking spot instead of in my garage.. such is life I guess.

[usedep3]

i replaced mine with the em2 cmc a year ago. it was pretty straight forward. bleeding the clutch line was the worst part. good luck man

[Heitzke]

Way easier than I thought it was. For some reason I had it stuck in my head that replacing these was a huge PITA, but it really wasn't at all. Car has been back up and running for a while now.

[talonXracer]

Good, glad to hear the repair went smoothly. But you can see how somewone with large mitts or they are the size of grizzly Adams would have issues, LOL