ChrisHelvey
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- Mazda
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To become a Ford engineer and design systems for automobiles, you must first work on a bunch of stupidly designed systems with your own hands until completion. The kind that need cuss words at the people who thought them up. Then, tell everyone why it was stupid and promise you will never design difficult systems that typical mechanics can't handle without a modicum of regular effort.
THIS time, I am referring to the clutch hydraulic system (All of it) on Rangers/Mazdas. They just absolutely couldn't figure out a way to make a clutch line that would not inherently trap air without needing to pull the entire master cylinder and lines and bleed them on a bench as a whole? THEN, put a slave cylinder inside the transmission? I would have liked to have been in the room on that discussion.
Yes, this video works about bleeding the clutch system: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgNTDGwcjZc
That's not the point.
Plus, did you notice in the video about "don't install the clutch push rod in the master cylinder (if you bought a new one), because it will be stuck in there for good and make it very very difficult to reinstall?" I DID, but I was reusing a perfectly good Master cylinder kit with the push rod already installed. Why should I buy a $200+ master cylinder kit, just to make it easier to put in? Getting it out was a nightmare, getting it back in was even worse.
I did it. As the helpful video said, "you CAN beat it if you do it this way." My clutch works perfectly now. WHAT a PITA!
So, new rule: You have to practice mechanics before you get to design anything. So, you have your Masters degree in mechanical engineering? Good. Now take an apprenticeship at an auto repair shop. THEN you can design stuff for us.
THIS time, I am referring to the clutch hydraulic system (All of it) on Rangers/Mazdas. They just absolutely couldn't figure out a way to make a clutch line that would not inherently trap air without needing to pull the entire master cylinder and lines and bleed them on a bench as a whole? THEN, put a slave cylinder inside the transmission? I would have liked to have been in the room on that discussion.
Yes, this video works about bleeding the clutch system: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgNTDGwcjZc
That's not the point.
Plus, did you notice in the video about "don't install the clutch push rod in the master cylinder (if you bought a new one), because it will be stuck in there for good and make it very very difficult to reinstall?" I DID, but I was reusing a perfectly good Master cylinder kit with the push rod already installed. Why should I buy a $200+ master cylinder kit, just to make it easier to put in? Getting it out was a nightmare, getting it back in was even worse.
I did it. As the helpful video said, "you CAN beat it if you do it this way." My clutch works perfectly now. WHAT a PITA!
So, new rule: You have to practice mechanics before you get to design anything. So, you have your Masters degree in mechanical engineering? Good. Now take an apprenticeship at an auto repair shop. THEN you can design stuff for us.
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