time for a slave or hard line

[73idi88f350]

well today the pedal dropped to nothing on the ride to work.. got to work glanced under at the slave since the clutch master is new in the last year.. and all looks dry.. but its raining so i could bearly see it.. time leave work. pedal goes to the floor check out the master, bone dry.. filled it up pumped a few times felt alright so i drove home.. got 3 stops and no clutch last 10 miles was floating gears and hoping i didnt have to stop..

well i made it and now its still pouring rain... wish the garage door wasnt a single 1 car door.. gotta fold my big mirrors in to get the front 1/2 in

 

[icanfixall]

Damn the rain and damn the slave cylinder. Working under a wet dripping truck sucks....

 

[73idi88f350]

Damn the rain and damn the slave cylinder. Working under a wet dripping truck sucks....

yea but you just gotta lay completely under it and use the truck like a big cover lol... but yea i know what you mean you still get dripped on.. yea i hope its just the slave looks like if its the line i gotta get it at the dealer if its not obsolete.

 

[Mulochico]

Damn the rain and damn the slave cylinder. Working under a wet dripping truck sucks....

If there is anything good about living in Ca. that has to be it. But then we also have the water police because we don't get that much rain.

Sorry for the rant. I have been wanting out for 35+ yrs. Now wife is willing, just don't want to leave the best job I ever had.

 

[73idi88f350]

slaves leaking went and got the new one was able to get front of the truck in the garage enough to not get rained on. now getting it bleed will be a different story, tho doing the master i had good luck and it went well

 

[lindstromjd]

I had a similar situation with my 94; it was the slave cylinder as well for me. Bleeding it is very easy, actually. Fill the slave up before you attach it to the line, hook it up to the hard line, and then fill up the master cylinder. With the slave still detached from the engine but hooked up to the hard line, cycle the push rod nice and slowly in and out until you don't get any more air out of the line. Make sure your master cylinder is covered though; brake fluid leaking on your face tastes disgusting.

 

[Kevin 007]

I also did exactly as mentioned by lindstromjd. worked just fine and never looked back. Its really too bad there isn't a bleeder screw on the slaves, but; this method still works!

 

[73idi88f350]

I just put the slave on dry put my 1 man vac pump in the large Allen hole and held my finger over the small bleeder hole and pumped till I had fluid got in the truck worked the clutch a few dozen times and made sure fluid stayed up less then 10 min I had a working clutch

 

[Kevin 007]

Interesting approach. With the last slave that I purchases, the instructions made a point of saying NOT to remove the allen head or tamper with anything. That was a "New Generation" or "Next Generation" brand slave. But obviously as you have proven, it can be done and perhapse with a little less mess then my way of doing things.

Good on ya!

 

[73idi88f350]

Interesting approach. With the last slave that I purchases, the instructions made a point of saying NOT to remove the allen head or tamper with anything. That was a "New Generation" or "Next Generation" brand slave. But obviously as you have proven, it can be done and perhapse with a little less mess then my way of doing things.

Good on ya!

Ha shows I didn't read the directions but yes it worked