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- Oct 7, 2010
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- NH
- Vehicle Year
- 1988/2003
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9L/4.0SOHC
- Transmission
- Manual
I will start by saying I am a noob to working on my rig, I learn as I go. I have been trying to bleed my clutch with no success. I needed to replace the line between the master cylinder and the slave cylinder. First I had a hell of a time getting the quick connect to connect. A friend of mine came up and was able to get it to click in after fighting with it for close to an hour. He gave me basic instructions on how to bleed the line. Being a noob i did not do a bench bleed of the master cylinder before the connection was made. Also if doing this can be avoided i would like to, since the connection was such a pain in the ass to make. Any way i watched this video.
http://youtu.be/HgNTDGwcjZc
So with the clutch pushed in I opened the bleeder, to do the Gravity bleed. It spit a little fluid and air, but did not continue to drain fluid like in the video. So i closed the bleeder valve, and had my friend release the clutch. He pumped it till it got good pressure. so we tried to put it in gear with the truck on, and it would not go. so We repeated the process again. Clutch pushed in and held in, bleeder opened, spit fluid and air but no steady flow, bleeder closed, clutch released, pumped to good pressure but could not be put into gear with truck on. We repeated this process about ten times with the same results. (making sure to keep the fluid in the resavor up). what are we doing wrong? what should I do next?
http://youtu.be/HgNTDGwcjZc
So with the clutch pushed in I opened the bleeder, to do the Gravity bleed. It spit a little fluid and air, but did not continue to drain fluid like in the video. So i closed the bleeder valve, and had my friend release the clutch. He pumped it till it got good pressure. so we tried to put it in gear with the truck on, and it would not go. so We repeated the process again. Clutch pushed in and held in, bleeder opened, spit fluid and air but no steady flow, bleeder closed, clutch released, pumped to good pressure but could not be put into gear with truck on. We repeated this process about ten times with the same results. (making sure to keep the fluid in the resavor up). what are we doing wrong? what should I do next?