Clutch ?
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From: Bertha Minnesota
Clutch ?
Have a 1988 F150 with a 302 and a M5OD. I was wondering what does the clutch do when the slave cylinder is going bad. I put a new clutch in it 2 years ago because a mouse decided to build his nest in there
. Anyway, lately it seems like the clutch is getting spongy. Someone said the slave could be getting bad. Is this true. I hope it don't need another new clutch. it's only got probaly 10,000 miles on the clutch. I have done some pulling with it but not all the time. Any help would be greatly appreiciated.
. Anyway, lately it seems like the clutch is getting spongy. Someone said the slave could be getting bad. Is this true. I hope it don't need another new clutch. it's only got probaly 10,000 miles on the clutch. I have done some pulling with it but not all the time. Any help would be greatly appreiciated.
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From: Bonita Springs FL
There's a bleed valve on the driver's side of the tranny. Fill it up and bleed it. Your slave may be leaking and that's where the air is coming from. That's why I always change the slave cylinder when I do a clutch on a 5 speed. 
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It's easy. All you have to do is pull the tranny back far enough to get in there. There are two bolts holding it to the tranny, and there's a white plastic collar that you have to slide out to get the hydraulic line off.
All you have to do is pull the tranny back far enough to get in there. There are two bolts holding it to the tranny, and there's a white plastic collar that you have to slide out to get the hydraulic line off.
