Re: update on 88 80 Q.clutch on floor!

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19981224032210.6727.qmail@hotmail.com> "Obin Olson" writes:

> What does this mean?  I tried pumping clutch to get more oil back in
> both cylinders, but nothing happened, all I could hear was a hissing
> sound coming from the slave cylinder bleed valve,AND the master
> cylinder, oil never came out, seems there is no suction in the system is
> that because the master cylinder is history?

You need something to stop air being sucked back into the slave.

Top pressure from a pressure bleeder is one way.  Another is a neat
little gadget that basically consists of a hard rubber tube with a
slit in the side at one end.  The third way is to have someone else
operate the clutch pedal, and manually close the bleed nipple before
every 'up' stroke.

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