Originally Posted by Black Betty

I guess I'm kinda slow then. I didn't understand that the parking brake was engaged in the first place. Then I missed the part where he disengaged it on the incline before engaging a gear. I'm out because I'm not smart enough to follow the story.

Best of luck solving the issue.

Originally Posted by Black Betty

So you parked on an uphill incline and left the car in 1st WITHOUT engaging the parking brake? Then returned to the car and pressed the brake and clutch and it rolled backward? The problem is in the driver seat, not the brake system.

Of course it rolled backward! There is no hydraulic pressure maintained in the brake system while the car is off! That's what the mechanical (as opposed to hydraulic) parking brake is for. For parking. Use it or next time you will roll back hit someone's car, or worse cause an accident. The brake system isn't pressurized until a couple of seconds after you start the car. As soon as you clutched and put the car in neutral, the transmission is no longer holding the weight of your car. BTW, you are screwing your transmission by putting it into a bind and forcing it to hold the weight of your car on a hill rather than having the brake engaged which it is designed for. Is this your first MT?

Originally Posted by Dvit

^ he is right.