Tom R.

twelve weeks with the mullet and no visits to the mechanic. wanna trade? i miss visiting my mechanic and flirting with his wife while he works on/curses at the car.

oh and answering your question, clutch master and slave cylinder. got mine at paragon, they had the best price.

Peckster

Tom, stop rubbing it in.

I saw a cool book the other day: Mullet--hairstyle of the gods.

I looked but didn't see you or your car in it . Guess it was printed a while ago.

pete944

The cold weather does have something to do with it. i think Iceshark is on to something. Last winter the clutch cylinders in my white 85.5 went out and about 5 or 6 people on this board had the same thing happen to them at the same time.

If nobody else mentioned it...get a Motive Power Bleeder from Paragon. It will save you from a huge headache.

Matt H

I had a small piece of debris in the line one time, it took FOREVER to bleed, damn neat burnt out the vacuum pump in the bleeder!
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IceShark

Pete, this cold biz and the seals are a definate problem area. Years ago I drove up from ~40*F Chicago weather into MN and the temps fell to 0*F. When I tried to go back home the slave started leaking like crazy. One of my relatives that is a big rig truck mechanic said this is a common problem especially with rigs that would run from down south into cold country.

It was Thanksgiving weekend so no getting a replacement slave. Let me tell you, trying to go down a toll road is no fun when your clutch doesn't work.

mochman

I pressure bleed everything There is no better way to bleed anything or to change the fluid. The unit I have forces brake fluid in at a low pressure, besides bleeding it, it also changes the fluid.

MHT

if there is air in the line, there is a problem somewhere, assuming that the fluid level hasn't dropped below the level of the blue hose. There has to be a leak that allows air to enter the system, either the seal in the slave or the seal in the master. If it is allowing air past it in one direction, it will soon be leaking fluid in the other. If you don't see any fluid at the bell-housing, look under the dash. There is a rod from the clutch pedal to the master cyl., there is a rubber boot where the two connect. You can sometimes see a trail of fluid under the boot when the master cyl. starts to leak. Occasionally the flex hose from the master to the slave will leak, if it is even damp where the rubber part connects to the hard line, replace it.

Tom R.

I just checked my quicken account on the 944.

i bought my master & slave from paragon 12/5/2, i remember it being cold out when they flatbedded my brothers NA to the mechanics and i picked him up when his slave went.

does this mean one should buy 944s in the cold to test the master & slave?

tod84944

Pull back the carpet behind the pedals, and make sure no fluid has leaked in there. If it has, your clutch master cylinder has gone bad.

bloodraven

ok...no fluid anywhere...that I could tell...gonna possibly be able to bleed the clutch this weekend...

Bryan

You need a pressure bleeder to bleed the clutch on this or pretty much any other European car. I'm not sure why, but pumping it with the pedal just doesn't work.

I have a "Motive Power Bleeder" and it's like $40 and you can pressure bleed your clutch, your brakes, and the same systems on most other cars - at least other Audis, VWs, Porsches, most BMWs, etc. Anything with ATE hydraulics.

Well worth the price and it does an awesome job plus you can bleed the hydraulics quickly and don't need a helper.

I bought mine straight from Motive back when they first came out but they are sold through many parts sources.

Bryan