dead clutch pedal, please help!
dead clutch pedal, please help!
Junior User
Joined: Jun 2005
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if you wrap your hand around your pedal and pump the heck out of it does it rebuild pressure? also there is a plastic clip... your pedal has a rod running over to the gas pedal side some times they just pop off and need a new keeper or you can remove it and drill a hole and put a washer and cottere key in it. if it builds pressure when you pump it fast like 50 times its your master cylindere for your clutch
Elder User
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 782
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From: Olympia, WA
I bet it might be air in the system. I bought my pickup with a broken master pushrod and had to replace the master and slave. I must have pumped that pedal 1000 times and ran a quart of fluid through it trying to purge that dang thing. I even took the master back to Ford because I was convinced it was a bad unit. I finally found an old post here that helped me. Bleed/fill the slave first, then hook it to the line below the truck. Then slowly pump the slave by hand until it firms up, the air has to go up and out through the master, not that set screw plug on the slave. Replace the little strap, and then install the slave. Caution, after I got the air out, I had to use a clamp to retract the slave pushrod far enough to get the strap back on. Hope that helps.
