Kevin Michael

Is there an easy way to drain fluid , flush and refill? I cannot bleed my 87 clutch and have tried all the methods without success. Can get a decent pedal with a bleed at the clutch master(new) inside the car then I go for a bleed at the slave and she falls 3/4 to the floor! I've done the rod at the slave method twice and no joy. there are no leaks anywhere. BTW the fluid from the slave bleeder is a creamy brown and the fluid from the c-master is normal. Talk to me fellas.
Kevin

pasa

When I did my clutch it took a very long time to bleed. It must have taken at least a half an hour to get all of the air out of the system. Just keep at it. I must have refilled the reservoir 5 or 6 times before there was any resistance at the clutch peddle. You will require an assistant and make sure you don't run the reservoir too low or you will introduce more air back into the system.

Good luck

Dan 1990 928GT

Jim M.

Hmmm, BTDT for me the best method was with a power bleeder. I spent two days trying to bleed my clutch with the same results. After the first attempt with the power bleeder all was GOOD! Borrow or buy one there worth the $$$.

Jim Mayzurk
93 GTS 5-spd

heinrich

I did the brakes properly and the clutch was solved.

pmotts

If you have creamy brown fluid at the slave you have not bled you new fluid all the way through.
Once you are getting clean fluid out of your slave bleeder remover the clave from the bellhousing and manually push the rod into the slave and release the bleeder, then tighten. Do this until fluid comes from the bleeder. Before I rebolted the slave I manually bled the again by pressing the slave against the rod while the rod was in place in the release arm dimple. At this point you should have clean fluid coming from the bleeder.

Kevin Michael

thanks gentlemen. H, care to elaborate? That sounds interesting.

Mrmerlin

Hi here are 2 more options to bleed the clutch option one remove brake master cylinder cap and replace it with a cap that has an airline adapter fitted to it, plug the air line onto the cap use no more that 15 psi 10 to 14 is good then slowly open the clutch bleeder let it drain slowly as the master resivour for the clutch is small and takes time for the brake resivour to fill into the clutch part, keep a careful eye on the clutch resivour it is small and empties quickly. Option 2 back fill the clutch with a pump type oil can filled with brake fluid, plug can monto the bleeder open bleeder and watch the resivour to see the fluid being pumped into the resivour, after you get the fluid to come into the resivour then you can bleed it normally. I would recommend that you only use ATE super blue racing fluid, this has a hi heat index and it will not damage the rubbers inside of the respective master cylinders

pmotts

Interesting indeed. The problems I have seen with bleeding the clutch involved air in the slave and bleeding the brakes will do nothing for the problem. But I am just a newbie and you know how we are

heinrich

Kevin, give it a try. If you flush the fluid in the rest of the system it may get rid of the issue. It certainly did for me. I had a clutch pedal play of about an inch after my tbelt had been done when I was a newbie. And I lived with it for years. But when I flushed and bled the brake system, the problem with the clutch was magically gone.

Kevin Michael

Gonna try this today. H, it makes sense to me.

heinrich

Cool Kevin, it's easy and may help. Ya never know

Kevin Michael

H, I used a mighty vac, two hoses and a sealed cup. Bled each caliper till the fluid ran clear. then the slave till the fluid ran clear, all the while topping off the reservoir. Even did the bleeder on the brake master cyl! then I bled off the clutch master from inside the car...aaahhhh a sweet burble of air. Button things up,reset my pre-load on the push rod. PERFECT PEDAL. End result: fresh fluid , exc. brakes and clutch pedal. thanks, H. and thanks to all.
Kevin

heinrich

That's what I'm talkin' about

pmotts

Kevin,

Hopefully you bled out the creamy stuff also?

Kevin Michael

Yes sir! Went out this morning and discovered my c-pedal was getting soft again. New c -master but sumething must be leaking. Next, new slave I suspect the bleeder nipple on the slave. Something in the way it unscrewed seemed odd-felt overly loose with just a crack open. But last night she acted better than she ever has.
Kevin