164 ts clutch after 8months of not driving.

[Lassi Kinnunen <glass@domain.elided>]

I have a 1989 tspark, which i couldn't afford to get on the road(nor had
time, since i spent some time doing the Finnish army service) for about 8
months(it went out of mot/inspection time). car runs ok now and i had the
handbrake fixed(replaced..) so i got it through inspection.

this is my first post to the list but i've been reading this for about
18 months.. great list.

but: in the higher gears the clutch slips when i press the throttle hard,
amount seems to vary a bit but i'm not sure. the clutch did definetely not
slip before the 8months of not driving. any ideas? am i to have the clutch
replaced? or is there some other things to be taken into account? how do
you bleed the clutch hydraulics, where's the bleeder? how would air in the
clutch-lines affect the clutch operation, the pedal goes down a bit before
it starts to feel like it's got any effect(few centimeters perhaps, what
i mean by effect is that there's no 'back pressure(?)' on the pedal on
the few first cm).

a bit of an questions flood, thanks in advance for the answers..

-lassi
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