Skoda octavia 1.9 tdi manual. 

Was driving home and realised the pedal was getting stuck half way up. Had to lift pedal up with foot. Managed to get home, but the next day symptoms got worse. 

Sometimes the clutch pedal would come up half way, but when I pressed the pedal in again the car would still be in gear and carry on moving. 

Thinking it was a hydraulic pressure issue I changed the clutch slave cylinder. Problem was still present so decided to change the master clutch cylinder too. 

Now the original problem has gone away but the problem is I cannot get the car into reverse. 

All other gears work. 

Tried resetting gear linkages, greased up the lever, checked for any obvious signs but no luck. 

I finally tried moving the gear selector by hand manually and it goes in to all gears but when trying to push it into reverse it feels like its hitting something and wont go In to reverse. 

Been researching this all night and finally willing to accept defeat. 

Last thoughts are either car needs new clutch or something gone horribly wrong with gear box. 

 

 

9 minutes ago, gidi19 said:

when trying to push it into reverse it feels like its hitting something and wont go In to reverse.

Try putting it into second, lift the clutch to the biting point, declutch again and then see if it will select reverse.

This is just a hunch, but am I right in thinking there is some sort of interlock to prevent reverse accidentally being engaged when the car is in forward motion?

Something that stops "Whoops! Put it in reverse by mistake there. Oh my! Is that bits of the gearbox I see on the road behind me?" mistakes.

Assuming there is, could there be an issue with this interlock?

Just a thought.

Finally figured it out. 

The slave cylinder bleed nipple is actually  stopping the gear selector from going in to reverse. 

The slave cylinder was a Sach after market part. 

Comparing the original to the Sach part I can see the bleed nipple location is different. It's only by a few centimetres but that's my problem. 

Of to buy a new slave cylinder. Will take pics and upload later.