holy clutch bleeding suckage
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From: Ashland City, TN
holy clutch bleeding suckage
I had to bleed my clutch. this sucked *****!
Here is how I did it anyways.
I'm compressed the slave with a clamp, then I had somebody push and pull the pedal to bleed the line while I opened the bleeder.
When I was satisfied with the line bleed, I opened the clamp and let the slave suck fluid into it.
Then put all the monkey I had behind it and popped it into place. Having the plastic thing or whatever is used to bleed it when they are new sure would be handy.
The pedal seems okay, little mushy at first but I had the neighbor press the pedal while I watched the travel. CudaJim posted .47 inches of travel on the slave is good. I had a bit over that.
Did I do something wrong here? Are there easier ways?
Here is how I did it anyways.
I'm compressed the slave with a clamp, then I had somebody push and pull the pedal to bleed the line while I opened the bleeder.
When I was satisfied with the line bleed, I opened the clamp and let the slave suck fluid into it.
Then put all the monkey I had behind it and popped it into place. Having the plastic thing or whatever is used to bleed it when they are new sure would be handy.
The pedal seems okay, little mushy at first but I had the neighbor press the pedal while I watched the travel. CudaJim posted .47 inches of travel on the slave is good. I had a bit over that.
Did I do something wrong here? Are there easier ways?
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Olympia, WA
I had to replace my clutch hydraulics and that was and still remains the single most frustrating repair I have ever performed on a vehicle to date. I must have pumped that stupid pedal thousands of times and no joke I ran about a gallon of fluid through it trying to get it bled. I even took the master back to Ford thinking that it must be defective. I finally found an old post on a forum somewhere that said to pump the slave by hand until it firms up, then put it into place. That worked.
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