This might be a basic question or posted in the wrong area but if someone could help or point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it.
I have a 1991Toyota pickup. The clutch needs to be pumped in order to shift into first or reverse. Once you are on the road it shifts perfectly into all gears. Usually goes into first or reverse if you’ve only sat for a short time like running into the store or getting gas. But let it sit overnight and it’s back to pumping the clutch to get going again.
I was told to try bleeding the clutch first and after checking the fluid I agree. But I’ve never done it before. I watched several videos but couldn’t find one for my year or near my year. And I couldn’t seem to find the bleed valve on my truck.
can anyone help?

 

On my 86 22RE, the clutch system bleeder is on the slave cylinder on the passenger side that actuates the clutch release lever on the side of the bell housing. I have over the decades of ownership bleed my system fully to change out the brake fluid that can absorb water from the air. My favorite method is to gravity bleed the system as once I open the bleeder valve the fluid pours out. I put a large catch pan under the slave unitt, then I stand by the master clutch cylinder to fill the reservoir as it empties. A couple of refilling's is enough to fully bleed the system. Just be ready to crawl under the truck after the last refill to shut the bleeder valve before the fluid drains out the reservoir. Not that hard to do.

 

JoeS post is accurate. On the next gen models like your 91 and my 93, it's the same. Crawl under your truck directly behind the front passenger tire and look up the side to where the transmission bell housing meets the engine block. There you will find the clutch slave cylinder. There are several ways to bleed the system... gravity bleed, vacuum bleed, and forced bleed. All are sufficient methods if done properly. However, it is not common to need to bleed the system. Need to do so indicates low fluid level, usually caused by a leak. If your fluid level is not low, you may have a faulty master cylinder.

 

This is correct. I’d recommend checking the flex line between the master cylinder hard line and the hard line that goes to the slave cylinder.

Mine was weeping, however that was just one of the symptoms of the greater problem (clutch pressure plate was wearing out so there was extra resistance in the system which both caused the flex line to leak and pedal bracket to crack).

 

I replaced the steel "flex" line from the chassis line to the clutch master cylinder with a hydraulic SS braided hose from JEGS about 10 years ago. No issues to date. I did it for ease of install/removal for future maintenance. It's a bit long, the, shortest I could find, so it has a larger single loop now. That's gong to help when I jack the engine on the side to replace the engine mounts. It also has a large ID, so might explain why it gravity bleed so well.