The Spring is on the top of the clutch master cylinder so it's there to help the return of the pedal in a smooth way, not to make the pedal come back or keep it up. If you open the clutch circuit the pedal will stay down with no resistance, the spring is there to not let the pedal get thrown back brutally by the master cylinder when the clutch pressure plate is pushing it backI think the reason is part 9 from your diagram - the spring