When They said Air pressure, I don't think they meant 60 psi from the end of
your air hose.
I've used my "mighty-vac" vacuum pump with the hoses reversed to gently put
a couple of pounds of pressure on the fluid. This slowly forces fluid into
the lines without creating bubbles. just be careful not to run the master
dry.
-----Original Message-----
From William M Walters [mailto:billwalters2 at juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 12:25 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Clutch Bleeding
I read a few letters recently about how to bleed the hydraulic system for
the clutch. One guy even said that he uses air pressure to force the
fluid through the system thus forcing the air bubbles out. We tried
that. Couldn't get it to work but managed to obtain a spray-back of
fluid all over the engine compartment. We can't get any feeling of
pressure on the pedal. We have disconnected the hose at the master and
held a finger over the outlet hole. Then we get pressure on both the
finger and the pedal. When we add the long hydraulic line that passes
through the engine compartment, we can't get pressure at either end.
When we try to bleed at the slave we get bubbles but the pedal pressure
doesn't seem to get better. We've worked on this darned thing for two
long evenings with no apparent gain in toward the fix.
Can anyone help here?
Bill
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