Bleeding the clutch
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Bleeding the clutch
I finally got my 89 150 on the road yesterday.
The clutch feels a little soft and the book I have (chilton) mentions nothing about adjustments or bleeding the line.
Also, where the hydualic line connects to the case, the fitting wiggles.
Is that normal? At first glance I didn't see any way to snug it up.
The clutch feels a little soft and the book I have (chilton) mentions nothing about adjustments or bleeding the line.
Also, where the hydualic line connects to the case, the fitting wiggles.
Is that normal? At first glance I didn't see any way to snug it up.
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Don't worry about the fitting as long as it doesn't leak. It just snaps in there so, yeah, it may wiggle a bit. There should be a bleeder fitting next to where the fitting goes in, tho.
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Did you find the bleeder? I don't see it on my 91 and I don't what to pull the bell housing to get at it.
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Rick, I've real busy and haven't had time to look into this. You might want to ask Jas88 if he knows where its at.
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Jas88. I don't see the bleeder on my 91, do I need to pull the bell housing to get at it?
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a easier way and cheaper/cleaner is to park the truck nose high on a STEEP hill/ incline.
remove your master cylinder cap, remove the rubber boot insert and replace cap. let it sit for a day and it will gravity bleed itself.
naturally the air wants to come out.
do not drive the truck without the rubber insert though. we have a steep driveway hill at my uncles and we bleed all of ours this way. SUPER EASY!!!!!!
no wasting a bunch of fluid either!!!!
remove your master cylinder cap, remove the rubber boot insert and replace cap. let it sit for a day and it will gravity bleed itself.
naturally the air wants to come out.
do not drive the truck without the rubber insert though. we have a steep driveway hill at my uncles and we bleed all of ours this way. SUPER EASY!!!!!!
no wasting a bunch of fluid either!!!!
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a easier way and cheaper/cleaner is to park the truck nose high on a STEEP hill/ incline.
remove your master cylinder cap, remove the rubber boot insert and replace cap. let it sit for a day and it will gravity bleed itself.
naturally the air wants to come out.
do not drive the truck without the rubber insert though. we have a steep driveway hill at my uncles and we bleed all of ours this way. SUPER EASY!!!!!!
no wasting a bunch of fluid either!!!!
remove your master cylinder cap, remove the rubber boot insert and replace cap. let it sit for a day and it will gravity bleed itself.
naturally the air wants to come out.
do not drive the truck without the rubber insert though. we have a steep driveway hill at my uncles and we bleed all of ours this way. SUPER EASY!!!!!!
no wasting a bunch of fluid either!!!!
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That is it.... and my slave is leaking... ugh... so is the best way to do this to drop the transmission completely and change it out? I've never changed a clutch, how much work is that once the transmission is down? Thanks for the picture that helped.