Hey all,

Truck wintering for the last 3 months. When parked, the clutch was engaging very low to floor. Topped off fluid.
Got in today and the clutch pedal goes to floor.
Looked for bleeding instructions here, but need specific info. It looks like you can bleed w/o removing slave, but where is the bleed bolt? Any place to find pics? I'm no mechanic but think I should be able to do this, yes?
All help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

Check the side of the bell housing on driver side. Just above where the line that comes from the reservoir there should be the bleeder. You can gravity bleed it or have someone pumo the clutch and then crawl under and bleed it when they are still pushing the pedal. Best to have the bacl of the truck higher then the front when doing this, it helps remove air alittle better it seems.

 

Thanks xrsfsho!

Crawled under and found the bleed fitting...just towards the rear from the master to slave tube. All I need now is an assistant and it should be no problem.

Thanks again!

 

No worries. Ypu can use a piece of 2x4 or i use a baseball bat to wedge between the seat bracket and pedal to do it myself. Just make sure it wont fall off because then air will get into the system. And that just ruins the whole process

 

Back under the truck. Wedged clutch pedal down (almost down without all the way anyway).
Opened bleed fitting. A very little fluid came out and then just stopped. Clutch pedal still on floor.
What am I missing?

 

Nevermind, I didn't read it all. My bad.

 

Be sure to remove the rubber boot in the Master Cylinder.

I had a similar problem and I removed the bleeder screw completely. Then I saw that the screw had crud blocking the passage. I cleaned it out and then tried again. Very little, but better. Then I grabbed my handheld vacuum pump and got the fluid running. It took me several attempts, but I got it.

 

Removed plug and found it completely clog-free. Even with the plug out, no fluid comes out.

 

You might want to see if you can poke around in the hole with a small screwdriver or thin spray straw. If that doesn't work, try the vacuum approach.

I found that when I first bleed mine, that at the bottom of the reservoir, there was slime or sludge, looked metallic though. I siphoned out with a turkey baster and paper towels until all the fluid was empty and the sludge gone. Then I refilled the reservoir, and tried again. Took several attempts.

Don't get discouraged. Mine wasn't taken care of and I just slowly worked on getting it cleaned and the fluid eventually started draining. Once you get it started, it'll really start flowing out.

 

Do you have the cap off the master cylinder?

 

Yes, the cap is off the master.

 

The bleeder doesn't bleed excessively after a few moments of a lot of fluid. when the pedal is depressed. Make sure the *** end of the truck it higher then the front too, that helps.

 

2 trips to auto zone to borrow hand pump. Pump defective. Ordered one from Amazon. Will try vacuum method when it arrives.

 

Let me ask you this question:

What would cause my clutch pedal to be on the floor after not driving for 3 months. When I parked it, the clutch worked fine.

 

The linkage on the pedal broke maybe.