clutch master vs slave cylinder?

[MorganS13]

alright well i was having problems with my clutch and i narrowed it down to between my slave and master cylinders. &nbsp;my question is how exactly do i tell which one is bad other than looking for visible leaks? &nbsp;i already purchased a slave cylinder ($20 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> ) since it was cheaper but other than installing this and seeing if it works, i don't know how to tell if its the master cylinder instead ($60+$65 core &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> )...

also can someone whos replaced their clutch slave cylinder give me a walk through of how to replace it and bleed the system. &nbsp;i have a shop manual and its really straightforward (remove old one, replace with new one, bleed system) but i wanna make sure its really that simple. also how hard is the cylinder to get to from under the car using jackstands? &nbsp;thanks &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[msg]

from my experience, its best to replace both if you're replacing ne of them. &nbsp;they work hand in hand almost, so you might as well replace both because if you leave the other one in there, it too will probably fail soon enough.

[MorganS13]

yea i just took at look at them last night and its definitely my master cylinder that blew its seal, theres no fluid in the resevoir and theres some under the pedal. &nbsp;i already bought a slave and just went and ordered a master and i'll be installing them tommorw if i get a jack and all goes right...

[Alias]

I only paid $22 each for them <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> Learn from my mistakes. If it won't bleed by the bleeder vavle, crack the line open a little on the master cylinder after pumping it, when holding the peddle in.