Need help to bleed clutch
I've bled two clutches recently. My f-250 I've had trouble with, but my F-150 I did a little differently and it bled 100% perfect in 1 shot.
My F-150 had absolutely no fluid, new master, new hyd line, new slave...everything.
Gravity bled it, and expected to need further bleeding but the gravity bleed was all I needed to do.
Get a rubber hose that will go over the bleeder and put it in a can of some sort to collect the fluid. Have someone keep the master topped off while you keep the bleeder open and let fluid drain out. Keep doing so for a few oz's of fluid. Close the bleeder and finish up. It should be bled after doing that. If not, you can follow the bleeding instructions from a Haynes manual, it's not like bleeding brakes.
My F-150 had absolutely no fluid, new master, new hyd line, new slave...everything.
Gravity bled it, and expected to need further bleeding but the gravity bleed was all I needed to do.
Get a rubber hose that will go over the bleeder and put it in a can of some sort to collect the fluid. Have someone keep the master topped off while you keep the bleeder open and let fluid drain out. Keep doing so for a few oz's of fluid. Close the bleeder and finish up. It should be bled after doing that. If not, you can follow the bleeding instructions from a Haynes manual, it's not like bleeding brakes.
So the gravity bleed worked for you too eh?
I was trying to do the same thing you were with my F-250. It's still not even bled right because it still works and i havn't felt like fixing it. It's like half bled. I had to do my F-150 after that and just gravity bled it once and then was going to wait til the next day to finish bleeding by pumping it. Later on I happened to get in the truck and push the clutch and noticed it was perfect...so just gravity bleeding it worked perfectly fine and so far so good after about 1000 miles. Glad it worked for you too. I was so relieved when mine was perfect after 1 shot hah.
I was trying to do the same thing you were with my F-250. It's still not even bled right because it still works and i havn't felt like fixing it. It's like half bled. I had to do my F-150 after that and just gravity bled it once and then was going to wait til the next day to finish bleeding by pumping it. Later on I happened to get in the truck and push the clutch and noticed it was perfect...so just gravity bleeding it worked perfectly fine and so far so good after about 1000 miles. Glad it worked for you too. I was so relieved when mine was perfect after 1 shot hah.
Originally Posted by MustangGT221
Never done one of those before, but if ya gotta bleed those I don't see why ya couldn't gravity bleed it and hopefully it'll work out for you too.
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There is a chance that the master is too small if you have the wrong one...
Honestly, I havn't worked with the external stuff, just the internal stuff, so I'm not the best one to guide you on that.
Honestly, I havn't worked with the external stuff, just the internal stuff, so I'm not the best one to guide you on that.
Originally Posted by jandblott
Ours has an external slave and we followed Mustangs gravity bleed advice and it worked. Give it a shot because we had tried the "instructions" and no way did it work.
1992 Ford F-150 4.9L 4 Speed: WAGNER Part # F126886
W/4 Speed (T18 Trans.); 7/8" Bore {Clutch Master Cylinder}
1992 Ford F-150 4.9L 4 Speed: WAGNER Part # F103485
W/4 Speed (T18 Trans.); 1" Bore {Clutch Slave Cylinder}.
This setup will allow the use of the factory Clutch Pedal Position Switch. Just wanted to share the good news! Thanks for everyone's tips and suggestions, the truck runs great now!
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