OK, so I have never tried this with a TR...
I put a new clutch slave in a Miata. Entire system was bone dry, all the fluid
had drained out of the previous defective slave. I installed the new one dry,
then poured fluid into the master reservoir. I did no bleeding at all, never
touched the bleed screw in the slave. Instead, I jumped up and down on the
clutch pedal for several minuted until I could feel the clutch working. I
drove the car for a couple of years. Never had any clutch problems of any kind.
I put a new clutch master in my TR4. Didn't bench-bleed it. Did conventional
bleeding. No problems.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- "Mark" <mark@nashvilletn.org> wrote:
> From: "Mark" <mark@nashvilletn.org>
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 9:57:28 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders
>
> Jim,
>
> I found a little video on line where a guy was showing a novel way to
> bleed
> a clutch slave. I tried it and it worked great. All he did was
> attach a
> plastic hose to a NEW oil can filled with brake fluid. Put the hose
> on the
> slave and pump the fluid UP to the master. Since it fills from the
> bottom
> up the air escapes from the master rather than trying to force it out
> the
> bottom. I did a TR the other day in about 5 minutes.
>
> Mark
> Nashville
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Stone"
>
> No. And I have no idea how to even do that. In this particular case,
> all I
> did was rebuild the master; the slave was last year (or so). And,
> everything
> works fine. It just works a tad better when its been pumped.
>
> Like I said, this is a known problem with Alpine clutches. An air
> bubble
> gets
> trapped at the top of the slave and is a bitch to get out. I was
> just
> wondering if power bleeding might push it out better than vacuum or
> using a
> helper to pump it up.
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