This is pretty long skip down if u don’t wanna read but I feel still is kinda important(So to start this is more backstory not any of the main issues) but I just got this 03 coupe with 140k miles and the clutch pedal felt alil weird when I picked it up but didn’t think to much of it as I’ve heard they can be with the stock dampener and the fluid was brownish but I get in my car a few hours later and the pedal is sticking so I let it sit overnight check it in the morning again and the pedal feels fine so I take it to autozone to get brake fluid and otw back I come to a stop and the car dies when I pushed the clutch in and If i wasn’t giving it gas to keep it alive and I was on a hill with traffic behind me so I had to drop the clutch alil to get it back didn’t think to much of it the car still was shifting fine with the clutch just couldn’t stop. I get the car back do some research fine out it’s dying because my cam/crk sensors so I order those

(Main issue) next day check on the car and the pedal is stifff I can’t even push it to the lockout switch to start the car without some serious force so I order oem master and slave from z1 along with a hose line to bypass the dampener and new clutch line so I install everything and bleed it and the pedal still does the same thing maybe feels even worse but will still go down with force although I haven’t been able to touch the lockout haven’t really wanted to push it that hard and idk if the slave is fully retracting and pushing the fork enough to disengage the clutch the car will shift gears with car off but with it on it won’t go into any gear obviously because I can’t disengage the clutch but I don’t know exactly if the fork is putting enough pressure to disengage the clutch idk.

idk if the clutch is done for because of the me having to drop the clutch on a hill or too or I haven’t bleed the system properly I don’t know anything about these hydraulic systems and this is my first manual car working on and it’s been a pita I’d appreciate any help I’ve already spent a good amount of money I’d like to not spend more money on parts I don’t need

 

It sounds like the throw out bearing may be stuck on the drive shaft due to corrosion. You may have to pull the transmission off to access it. If that's the case I would replace the clutch assembly in its entirety if you have to go that far.