concentric slave cylender
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concentric slave cylender
I tried to change trannys today from a 92 5 speed 2wd to a 96 5 speed 4wd. Got the 4wd tranny in and everything seemed fine until I tried to attach the hydraulic line for the clutch. It wont work. Just wont attach. This p'd me off and I pulled the tranny back out. Any ideas as to why this is and what I can do?
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That stupid little "quick connector" is a pain. I had that problem. if everything is not perfect it wont fit. It takes a lot wiggling and messing with both the male and female parts to get it to work some times.
The slave shouldn't make any difference unless the slave on the new tranny was already messed up.
And if it is i would get a new one. They get hot and leaky really easily.
And if you haven't, go ahead and replace the whole clutch.
If you pull the tranny its a good idea to take care of this stuff while your there.
Good Luck and i hope this helps.
The slave shouldn't make any difference unless the slave on the new tranny was already messed up.
And if it is i would get a new one. They get hot and leaky really easily.
And if you haven't, go ahead and replace the whole clutch.
If you pull the tranny its a good idea to take care of this stuff while your there.
Good Luck and i hope this helps.
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well what i would do is press in the fitting in the cylinder your trying to connect to. i had this problem too. the slave cylinder was to pressurized that i had to relief some pressure and it went right in after that
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Ford changed the size of the slave cylinder hydraulic line fitting in 93, so no matter how hard you try, the 92 line won't fit the 96 slave. Swap a 92 slave onto the 96 transmission and you should be good to go.
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Thanks. I looked at the fittings and they are a differant color. The slave from the 92' still looks to be in good shape. I will try it ASAP.
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when i replaced the slave cylinder in my '93, the original line fitting would not fit the new slave cylinder. had to get a new master with a new hydraulic line. upon closer inspection, the fittings on the two hydraulic lines (where they go into the slave cylinder) were just a touch different. one was slightly tapered at the end, and the other was completely flat. super annoying!!
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OK. I put the old slave cylinder in and got the line hooked up. The pedal now just goes all the way to the floor and does not engage the clutch. I'm assuming it needs to be bled. ny tricks on how to do that.
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bleed it like you would the brakes. top off the master with brake fluid, have someone in the truck. have them pump it up a couple of times and hold it down to the floor. then you open the bleeder screw and let the air out and close it. have them pump it up and hold it and you open the bleeder and close it. repeat this process until only fluid comes out of the bleeder
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On a friend's truck we had better luck initially by opening the bleeder screw with the pedal in the up position, then pressing to the floor, then closing the bleeder before lifting the pedal back to the up position. Then when you have a good flow of fluid, do the pressure bleeding, where you pump the pedal and hold it to the floor before opening the bleed screw.
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A friend of mine recently had problems bleeding his clutch. I am speaking second-hand - just what he told me. He tried for three evenings and could not get the air out. Someone told him to pump the clutch up and -using a long stick - foul the clutch pedal down all day. When he came home that evening he was able to bleed the air out.
Don't know if this works or not, just passing it along.
Don't know if this works or not, just passing it along.