Stuck in gear
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Stuck in gear
I have a t-98 4speed w/ a 223 I6. The clutch will not release (all the way to the floor). It will shift with a bit of talk'n to. I don't want to burn
up my clutch. Will bleeding the system help? The pedal has turned to mush. It worked fine, then it sat for 1 month or 2. I jumped in yesterday and I almost put my foot through the floor board, Like the pedal was dead.
up my clutch. Will bleeding the system help? The pedal has turned to mush. It worked fine, then it sat for 1 month or 2. I jumped in yesterday and I almost put my foot through the floor board, Like the pedal was dead.
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Hydraulic clutch? What happens when you "pump it up"
I once had a 1960 F-100 with a hydraulic clutch. My master cylinder leaked when I got it making the drive home fun. You would have to pump up th clutch to get it to shift. The real fun was sitting a stop light, you could see the fluid runnign down the inside of the firewall. If the light took along time you could feel the clutch slowly releasing as the fluid and pressure leaked out.
Good luck
Bobby
I once had a 1960 F-100 with a hydraulic clutch. My master cylinder leaked when I got it making the drive home fun. You would have to pump up th clutch to get it to shift. The real fun was sitting a stop light, you could see the fluid runnign down the inside of the firewall. If the light took along time you could feel the clutch slowly releasing as the fluid and pressure leaked out.
Good luck
Bobby
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It's not unusual for this to happen on vehicles that sit for extended periods, The rubber seal in the cylinder sticks to the wall and tears when it's next pressed or moisture collects in the bottom of the cylinder and causes rust pitting that tears the seal. Either way the net result is a leaking cylinder and no pressure.
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Top up the fluid and see if it is leaking from behind the m/c or slave boots. If it isn't leaking out anyplace, I guess that would mean that a piston in the m/c isn't working. A rebuild kit might help, but usually the bore is too pitted to fix by honing. Last time I needed a slave cylinder it was in stock at a local autoparts store; master cylinder might have taken a day or two to get.
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Last year the only parts store in town that handles parts for my 57 F350 wanted well over a $110 for a new master clutch cylinder and only $19 for a rebuild kit. I went with the kit and was pleasantly surprised to find my m/c was very rust free, honed out fine and took the rebuild very well. It now works better than ever before.
