I have a 82 240d manual tranny with 350k on it and an 83 240d with 270k miles.

I recently replace the clutch master and slave cylinder(master was leaking fluid) on the 82 but the clutch is still much harder to push in than the 83.

I'm thinking it's the throw out bearing but I'd rather not pull the tranny if I don't need to since it's getting very cold in MD and I don't have a garage to work in. Any way to test the throw out bearing?

Any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks,

pete