Re: bleeding the hydraulic clutch

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In a message dated 96-04-12 17:13:33 EDT, you write:

>Frank J. Bauer
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>dassault systemes of America     email:fjbauer@dsavm.e-mail.com
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>Subject: bleeding the hydraulic clutch
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>has anyone had experience bleeding the clutch cylinders?
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>i replaced mine <10K ago and recently the pedal started going down.
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>when the return spring wouldn't snap it back anymore, i hooked up the
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>pressure bleeder and bled the clutch (and brakes.)  worked ok for a
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>coupla days and then started dropping again.  last night i tried the
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>mityvac.  when i finished bleeding it there seemed to be some pedal.
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>this morning, my cat could have pushed the pedal down to the floor -
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>no pressure whatsoever.  q-list etiquette prevents me from spelling out
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>the words and thoughts that followed.  out came the pressure bleeder
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>again.  an hour later i was motoring down the road.  i can only hope i
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>got it right this time.  suddenly i like clutch cables a lot.
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>btw, if anyone can measure the pedal travel between rest and when the
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>first bit of hydraulic pressure is felt that could help me figure out if
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>i have it right.  i'm getting about 2 inches of travel right now.
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>any help from the less hydraulically disadvantaged would be appreciated.
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>frank   86TqW
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You don't need a pressure bleeder to bleed that slave.....  Sounds to me like
you need to rebuild or replace Clutch MC, might as well do the slave too....
 Ck the line between the two for leaks as well...  Pressure bleeders tend to
put some serious seal test (even at 15psi btw) on the resevoir to brake MC
connection......  BTDT  

Scott