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Hello,
I hate to start a new thread on a topic so widely covered, but I did not see any info on my particular problem in all the searching I've been doing. Plus there seem to be a few methods put forth for bleeding the clutch so I will write about what I've done so far and maybe someone could offer advice?
I replaced my clutch so I had to pull the slave cylinder. Now the new clutch is in and my clutch pedal goes right to the floor- no pressure. SO after doing some research heres what I did:
1. Removed the slave cylinder and disconnected the hydraulic line
2. Filled the slave with DOT3, tapping it repeatedly to expel air
3. reinstalled slave, compressing push rod and expelling some DOT3 in the process- the line is still hanging free
4. I removed the cap and diaphragm from the master, expecing fluid to come out the hydraulic line under the truck.
This is where I have the problem: there is fluid in the master cylinder and it will not flow freely down the hydraulic line at all. My goal was to get a flow of fluid down the line and then reinsert it into the slave, then top off the master and call it good. Thats what the instructions i'm following say to do.
Before I did the clutch job I had good pedal pressure and no reason to believe my master or slave cylinders were shot. I dont know how to troubleshoot a master cylinder.
I dont see cracks in the firewall, as other threads suggest to look for, although what I do have is a leak right at the top of the firewall that lets water in the cab when it rains, theres rust under there and the repeated dripping has caused the nuts of the master cylinder to become rusty, as well as the area where my drive line goes thru the firewall. I'm concerned about the rust, but I need to solve this problem first...
I hate to start a new thread on a topic so widely covered, but I did not see any info on my particular problem in all the searching I've been doing. Plus there seem to be a few methods put forth for bleeding the clutch so I will write about what I've done so far and maybe someone could offer advice?
I replaced my clutch so I had to pull the slave cylinder. Now the new clutch is in and my clutch pedal goes right to the floor- no pressure. SO after doing some research heres what I did:
1. Removed the slave cylinder and disconnected the hydraulic line
2. Filled the slave with DOT3, tapping it repeatedly to expel air
3. reinstalled slave, compressing push rod and expelling some DOT3 in the process- the line is still hanging free
4. I removed the cap and diaphragm from the master, expecing fluid to come out the hydraulic line under the truck.
This is where I have the problem: there is fluid in the master cylinder and it will not flow freely down the hydraulic line at all. My goal was to get a flow of fluid down the line and then reinsert it into the slave, then top off the master and call it good. Thats what the instructions i'm following say to do.
Before I did the clutch job I had good pedal pressure and no reason to believe my master or slave cylinders were shot. I dont know how to troubleshoot a master cylinder.
I dont see cracks in the firewall, as other threads suggest to look for, although what I do have is a leak right at the top of the firewall that lets water in the cab when it rains, theres rust under there and the repeated dripping has caused the nuts of the master cylinder to become rusty, as well as the area where my drive line goes thru the firewall. I'm concerned about the rust, but I need to solve this problem first...
