R2D2
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- 2003
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- Ford Ranger
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It's an 03 Mazda B2300 (Ranger clone) 165k miles on it - 2.3L
This thing is driving me crazy. I've replaced the master cylinder line with a complete pre-bled master and line assembly:
AND, the slave cylinder is a non-self adjusting one that's only got like 3k miles on it. It's a long story but I was having problems with the line not "staying" bled with the current slave cylinder, so then I figured it must be the master since the slave is so new. So I bought that pre-bled master assembly and It sill won't stay bled. When I installed it and bled it, it functioned awesome at first, with the clutch releasing and engaging near the top of the pedal height. Then slowly as the days go by every time, the pedal starts getting sloppier and sloppier and it gets closer and closer to the floor to release and engage till after about day 5 or 6 I can't even get it into gear anymore and I have to bleed it again. Then it works fine at first agin, then slowly starts getting closer to the floor again over and over. And it's always in the morning after it's been sitting all night that the pedal feels the worst.
I'm pretty sure these pre-bled master assemblies are hooked up to machines to vacuum bleed them before shipping and they have every molecule of air sucked out of them. So that only leaves the slave cylinder as the culprit. Every time I go to bleed the thing at the slave to get it operating again total foam comes out of the bleeder screw at first doing the bleed procedure. There's only two possible places for air to get sucked in and that would be the quick-connect connection at the line assembly to the slave cylinder, then possibly the bleeder stem coming out of the slave cylinder. The bleeder screw stem is actually "jiggly"/loose. But then why is it not leaking hydro fluid? And also I did check the o'ring on the master line assembly where it connects to the slave and it is in place and not missing. I can't understand how air could be getting sucked into the line somewhere but not have hydro fluid getting pushed out of the same spot that's letting in air. The hydro level does not go down in the resevoir. I can't understand how this thing could be sucking in air anywhere.
Could air be getting sucked in at the slave piston area like every time I push the clutch pedal in or something. I don't get it. I'm tired of messing with this stupid thing and buying more and more clutch line replacement parts for it. Not to mention the all day event of dropping the trans every time I need to change out the slave cylinder.
This thing is driving me crazy. I've replaced the master cylinder line with a complete pre-bled master and line assembly:
AND, the slave cylinder is a non-self adjusting one that's only got like 3k miles on it. It's a long story but I was having problems with the line not "staying" bled with the current slave cylinder, so then I figured it must be the master since the slave is so new. So I bought that pre-bled master assembly and It sill won't stay bled. When I installed it and bled it, it functioned awesome at first, with the clutch releasing and engaging near the top of the pedal height. Then slowly as the days go by every time, the pedal starts getting sloppier and sloppier and it gets closer and closer to the floor to release and engage till after about day 5 or 6 I can't even get it into gear anymore and I have to bleed it again. Then it works fine at first agin, then slowly starts getting closer to the floor again over and over. And it's always in the morning after it's been sitting all night that the pedal feels the worst.
I'm pretty sure these pre-bled master assemblies are hooked up to machines to vacuum bleed them before shipping and they have every molecule of air sucked out of them. So that only leaves the slave cylinder as the culprit. Every time I go to bleed the thing at the slave to get it operating again total foam comes out of the bleeder screw at first doing the bleed procedure. There's only two possible places for air to get sucked in and that would be the quick-connect connection at the line assembly to the slave cylinder, then possibly the bleeder stem coming out of the slave cylinder. The bleeder screw stem is actually "jiggly"/loose. But then why is it not leaking hydro fluid? And also I did check the o'ring on the master line assembly where it connects to the slave and it is in place and not missing. I can't understand how air could be getting sucked into the line somewhere but not have hydro fluid getting pushed out of the same spot that's letting in air. The hydro level does not go down in the resevoir. I can't understand how this thing could be sucking in air anywhere.
Could air be getting sucked in at the slave piston area like every time I push the clutch pedal in or something. I don't get it. I'm tired of messing with this stupid thing and buying more and more clutch line replacement parts for it. Not to mention the all day event of dropping the trans every time I need to change out the slave cylinder.