He could be.

Someone else just had a similar issue and the tranny was loose from the
engine.....

Checking fluids first is easy and free too.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> Mike! He has described a classic Clutch Master Cylinder failure, hasn't he?
> In which case, the fluid might not be low.
>
> "Mike Romain" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Letting up on the clutch in neutral is also double clutching which can
> > let a low fluid or water contaminated tranny shift. That implies the
> > syncros aren't spinning up.
> >
> > I would be checking the fluid first anyway just to make sure it is
> > topped up and doesn't look like a milkshake. They get water in them
> > easy if you go too deep off road, the tranny has no vent hose only a
> > button.
> >
> > After that, you get into pressure plate issues or even loose trannys or
> > hydraulics....
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> 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!