Nissan Repair: Manual Clutch, manual clutch, hydraulic clutch

Question
Clutch stops functioning after driving in stop-and-go traffic. After setting for several minutes and pumping the clutch pedal, it is once again possible to shift into a gear and drive away. What is going on and how is the problem fixed.

Answer
Gary,

I just answered a question similar to yours earlier so here is a copy of the answer.  Your car has a hydraulic clutch with a master cylinder and a slave cylinder.  Either or both are blown and you cannot build pressure.  I would check the slave first.  It is on the transmission and you can get under the car and feel the boot and you will probably have fluid leaking out.  If this is the case, and you are on a budget, you can just replace the slave cylinder and bleed the clutch.  Get a Haynes Manual for instructions on bleeding the clutch.  You will end up using your toe to get the pedal up after each bleed cycle until the clutch pedal returns on its own.  Also, I like Ford High Performance Brake Fluid since it has twice the boiling point of regular DOT3 brake fluid.  You can pick up a bottle at your local Ford Dealer.  But, you will have to ask for it by name since they do not seem to know the diffference in the regular, blue label, and the black label that is the High Performance fluid.  I use this fluid since it has twice the boiling point and makes your pedal feel firmer.