Just bought 2003 Mini with "issues", pushed clutch in and pedal stayed in, went for the obvious master and slave, repacled both only to find out that the lever that the slave pushes on to release clutch does not rebound back. It appears to have stayed pushed in towards pass side of car. Woudl that mean the forks on pressure plate broke? Maybe fork holding throw-out bearing broke? Thoughts before I start this 15 hour job...... thanks Jim
Did that twice, and then gravity bled. Once installed new slave, pushed clutch pedal and the seal popped on it due to the cylinder being all the way out to the metal push arm of clutch.
If you said like I read, you removed the slave from the tranny housing and manually pushed the lever back and forth correct? If you did and it's sticking, then yes you will need to open the tranny housing. Not an hard job with a lift, just takes awhile. You will need to drop the complete subframe. While your there you should consider changing all your bushings.