Clutch help ASAP!!!

[FordGuy100]

It's a little late to mention this, but check how far the slave moves when the pedal is fully pushed in. It should move 3/4" or so (Mel what is the figure?). It's easy to verify if the master/slave is working before tearing into parts that may or may not be the problem.
Bleeding is a challenge! Ideally you would have the nose of the truck up so the allen is higher than the rest of the slave. You can actually bleed it your self by first filling the master (duh, make sure the little rubber flap came out with the cap), then using a pry bar to push the throw out bearing arm against the slave while loosening the allen with your other hand. It's a little tricky, but easier than trying to get the slave back into it's bracket with out the little plastic doodle.
I would also mention that a good diagnostic is that you shouldn't have any problems shifting gears with the motor turned off. If it's still stuck in 1st, or what ever gear when the engine is off, you probably have a mechanical problem with the transmission. In which case I recomend a ZF! Ha! Good luck.

No, its shifts out into and out of the gears easy now with the truck off, and yes I want a ZF really badly but it'll have to wait. So its not like bleeding the brakes where you have to pump the peddle a bunch of times to get all the air out? I thought that is how you would do it.

 

[hahn_rossman]

It's a lot like bleeding brakes. You have to pressurize the system (pushing on the pedal) and *while* still pushing on the pedal, crack the bleeder open and let some air and fluid out. Then before releasing the pedal, close the bleeder. Repeat until you have a firm pedal which doesn't get any higher with pumping. If the pedal feels better when you pump it, you still have air in the system. This is bad! Air is compressible, while fluids aren't. It's a real pain to bleed the slave because it doesn't have a proper bleeder like every other hydraulic thing in the known universe. I can't imagine why they went with the allen. It makes the whole procedure 10x harder. But not impossible. I really like the pushing on the slave trick, since it eliminates the yelling at your partner from under the truck. Good luck.

 

[FordGuy100]

Yes!!!!!! It is fixed . I finally re-read all the posts and noticed that hahn_rossman said to push into the slave cylinder when bleeding, and after holding it there and seeing no more air-bubbles go through the line I went and spent a good 10 minutes tightening that darned allen screw on top of the slave cylinder, that was a PITA to do when you only have one hand to do it with.

But that is all done, and I'm back on the road. Next stop, turbo install tommorow with Russ (typ4) and Shane (SkimballC) .

 

[FordGuy100]

It's a lot like bleeding brakes. You have to pressurize the system (pushing on the pedal) and *while* still pushing on the pedal, crack the bleeder open and let some air and fluid out. Then before releasing the pedal, close the bleeder. Repeat until you have a firm pedal which doesn't get any higher with pumping. If the pedal feels better when you pump it, you still have air in the system. This is bad! Air is compressible, while fluids aren't. It's a real pain to bleed the slave because it doesn't have a proper bleeder like every other hydraulic thing in the known universe. I can't imagine why they went with the allen. It makes the whole procedure 10x harder. But not impossible. I really like the pushing on the slave trick, since it eliminates the yelling at your partner from under the truck. Good luck.

Thank you oh so much for telling me to do the pushing in on the slave cylinder, thats what got it done .

 

[92F350CC]

This is good info. My clutch has been doing the EXACT same thing on my truck, except with a ZF-5 instead of a T-19. Never really had the time to diagnose it, have driven probably 10,000 miles or more like this, with a few trips clear across the country. I have babied it though, and made sure it was fully engaged before giving it any juice, so hopefully it hasn't damaged anything too badly.

 

[hahn_rossman]

I'm glad it worked for you. It's a real pain, but at least it's done.
Enjoy the turbo install!