Help! Dry Clutch!!

[Peter Golledge]

Does the fluid out of the Clutch slave look clean?  If you have flushed
all of the old fluid out you could try reverse bleeding.  Apply your
pressure bleeder to the slave (make sure you have room for the fluild
in the reservoir!).

Regards
--
Peter Golledge

On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 10:31, jason snider wrote:
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> Hey guys,
>    Yesterday I attempted to put on 4 new brakes and a new master cylinder on
> my '86 5ktq. First, I did the MC. I bench bled it and put it on the car. Then
> I began to pressure bleed the slave. I had the bleed jar sitting on top of the
> engine (wasn't higher than the reservoir). The slave seemed to bleed fine. I
> cracked open the bleeder and my helper applied pressure (~10 psi) until I
> didn't get bubbles. Then I shut the valve. But when I checked the clutch it
> went straight to the floor and didn't come back!!! So I decided to bleed
> again. Applied pressure...opened the bleeder and some fluid came out. Once
> that small amount came out no more would; not even air. I even took the
> bleeder completely out---nothing. So I went ahead and put my G60's, new
> stainless lines, drilled rotors, rear vented setup, and new rear end links. I
> tried to bleed the clutch again today and got some fluid after pumping the
> brakes, but still no clutch. This is the first time I've tried a job like
> this...hope I didn't break something!
> TIA!
> Jason
> '86 5ktq
>
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