Wouldn't this depend on how the slave cylinder was situated? What I
mean is: which is higher, the bleed screw or the hydraulic line? On a
TR6 you can definitely install it either way. In the 25 years I have
had mine, the bleed screw has always been on top -- where the bubbles
should rise.
Now whether that is correct or incorrect, I am not 100% sure. But I
have always bled the darn thing by crawling on my belly. If it could be
done just as well by pumping and waiting, then I deserve a palm to the
forehead.
Vin Marshall wrote:
> For what it's worth, that is the specified way to bleed the clutch
> hydraulic circuit on my 1988 F-450, and a bleeder screw is not even
> provided.
>
> Definitely not intuitive if you've never encountered it before. And
> it is dark out. And you are making a repair on the side of the road.
>
> -vin
>
>
>> From: "Roger Wilson" <Roger@rw-architect.com>
>>> Are you saying to bleed the clutch by pumping it without opening the
>>> bleed valve?
>> That absolutely worked for me after I replaced the clutch slave
>> cylinder on my Miata. The system had emtied itself out when the
>> old clutch slave cylinder failed. I bolted in a new clutch slave
>> cylinder, then filled the reservoir. I sat in the car jumping up
>> and down on the clutch pedal for about ten minutes. Never did
>> touch the bleed screw.
>>
>> I had another Miata guy tells me that this cannot happen and I must
>> have a magic car. I don't think that's true. :-)
>>
>
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