More likely your first diagnosis, a leak and or slave/master cylinder going
bad. Not sure how to tell master vs. slave, but I have seen it to be the
slave most of the time.

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JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift

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> Hello gentlemen I'm hoping somebody can give some insight to a problem
> that started about a month ago...I have a 95 wrangler 4.0 5-speed
> manual transmission with 105K and all of the sudden the clutch is
> sticking in gear sometimes (mostly first) amd sometimes I can't get
> into gear unless I let up on the clutch first, or pump it once, and
> then it's fine...
>
> the brake fluid level in the small reservoir was a bit low so I topped
> it off with the right stuff and drove for a few days with no change...
>
> I've done a few tests myself and I really don't think it's the clutch
> itself, it's not slipping at all or grinding...I've been lurking around
> here and it seem either the master or ugh slave cylinder are the big
> culprits? Any way to figure which it might be, from what I've
> described?
>
> Also somebody mentioned to me that I might have a broken spring in the
> pressure plate?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>