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Feb 23, 2001 | 11:35 AM

lallen

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Clutch Problems!

We had a really bad cold snap here for the last 2 days(minus 53 celsius with wind chill), which seems to be creating havac with everyones vehicles.

Anyway, this morning, started my 95 F-150, 302, 5 speed, and let it warm up for 3-4 minutes. Came back, pushed the clutch in, tried reverse, and it started grinding, and wouldn't go in gear. The clutch pedal stuck to the floor as well!!! It wouldn't come up unless I put my foot under it and pryed up on it. I was thinking oh oh, this happened in my honda when the clutch cable broke. So what do you guys think, Slave Cylinder? I called local tranny shop, he already had 2 calls from other F-150 owners today with the same problem!!!! He wants $175 CDN, labor only to replace.

Les

Feb 23, 2001 | 09:36 PM

jakegypsum

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I'm not positive but from what it sounds like it could be the slave cylinder. There is not much to the hydraulic system for the clutch. The slave cylinder would be the only thing that I feel could cost $175.00 to repair. Good luck.

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Feb 24, 2001 | 06:21 AM

gino93

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i have the same truck f-150 302 manual 4x4 1995. i kept having hard to shift delemas about 3 months ago. i kept bleeding the clutch slave cylinder until finally it the pedal would go to the floor and lose compression. i took it to a garage 3 days ago and the guy tells me iam up to 700.00 plus tax. the problem with f-150"s is the slave cylinder is in the bell housing. iam having the clutch replaced the flywheel re-surfaced the slave replaced and the clutch master cylinder replaced.why does ford put the slave cylinder in such a pain in the %$%$^% place??? the guy at the garage told me the clutch plate was almost worn to the rivets. oh well i needed it anyway. try bleeding it maybe it will help for a while.

Feb 24, 2001 | 09:38 AM

Phillip Guidry

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Before you go too far, open the hood and verify that the clucth master did not break away from its mounting place at the firewall. Most are made out of engineering plastic and can easily break off in cold,cold weather under pressure. If the master is all good, then you're only hope for an easy fix would be if the hose ruptured, otherwise you will need a slave cylinder.
Phil

Mar 2, 2001 | 07:29 AM

lallen

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Unfortunatly, fluids are fine. My truck has been sitting in my yard for a week, I never had time to have it towed to the shop, but I am going to this weekend. One thing after another with this truck......

Mar 2, 2001 | 07:33 AM

lallen

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One other thing I want to confirm. Will the slave cylinder cause the brake pedal to pulsate at stop, as if air was getting into the system? I am fairly certain it would, but want to confirm with everyone first. Had brakes checked, rotors and pads are fine, no leaks from lines as well.

Les

Mar 2, 2001 | 01:01 PM

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The Slave Cylinder is for the clutch. The brake hydraulics don't have a slave cylinder, and is a completely seperate system from the clutch hydraulics. The pulsating could be alot of things. Wheel bearings, warped rotor's, etc...