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Okay...This is now considered a "Quest".
1995 Explorer Sport 5 speed manual. M50D-Rsomethingother.
That's the ID tag off this pig.
The wife and I attempted using the actual 'tool' to remove the line from the slave. No Joy. Wanna know why?
It's totally 'chewed' apart. I tried several ways with screw drivers and wedging them in with the tool to shove that monkey where it belongs. It's seized up tight. By the way: The vice grip marks are NOT mine!! I just noticed them in the photo when it uploaded. Pretty bad!
Ron: I'll probably use your suggestion. Currently not much to loose!.
Here's what came out when I nailed this with a vacuum pump and power bleed it out:
It's totally pitch black. I knew it wasn't great considering the last time it was milky and yuck.. We flushed it out....tightened the bleeder and hit the pedal about a dozen times to mix the fluid around.... Finally it came out 'clean' and looking like normal brake DOT-3.
The action we have on the clutch slave. I hope someone can tell me if this is enough movement:
https://youtu.be/U3elJ3mJXKM
The pedal at first seemed a lot higher and like it was going to work. Within a few miles all the old problems came flooding back. We did get a lot of bubbles out of the line when I nailed it with the vacuum pump, but that movement range on the slave looks like it should be enough to fully release the clutch!
At this point I'll look into the master cylinder piston rod removal. (nothing to lose at this point....) If that is clearly enough play for the clutch not to be dragging (I can't imagine when it gets 'hot' that it should be any different. The old yuck fluid is gone now) Maybe it's the input shaft hanging a bit on the pilot bearing. That was suggested, and I'm kinda not looking forward to dropping the transmission.
Suggestions and ideas are welcome. I was going to start the body work on the rocker panels today, but sense it's not really able to move around much, this needs to be done first.
Thanks all!
S-
1995 Explorer Sport 5 speed manual. M50D-Rsomethingother.
That's the ID tag off this pig.
The wife and I attempted using the actual 'tool' to remove the line from the slave. No Joy. Wanna know why?
It's totally 'chewed' apart. I tried several ways with screw drivers and wedging them in with the tool to shove that monkey where it belongs. It's seized up tight. By the way: The vice grip marks are NOT mine!! I just noticed them in the photo when it uploaded. Pretty bad!
Ron: I'll probably use your suggestion. Currently not much to loose!.
Here's what came out when I nailed this with a vacuum pump and power bleed it out:
It's totally pitch black. I knew it wasn't great considering the last time it was milky and yuck.. We flushed it out....tightened the bleeder and hit the pedal about a dozen times to mix the fluid around.... Finally it came out 'clean' and looking like normal brake DOT-3.
The action we have on the clutch slave. I hope someone can tell me if this is enough movement:
https://youtu.be/U3elJ3mJXKM
The pedal at first seemed a lot higher and like it was going to work. Within a few miles all the old problems came flooding back. We did get a lot of bubbles out of the line when I nailed it with the vacuum pump, but that movement range on the slave looks like it should be enough to fully release the clutch!
At this point I'll look into the master cylinder piston rod removal. (nothing to lose at this point....) If that is clearly enough play for the clutch not to be dragging (I can't imagine when it gets 'hot' that it should be any different. The old yuck fluid is gone now) Maybe it's the input shaft hanging a bit on the pilot bearing. That was suggested, and I'm kinda not looking forward to dropping the transmission.
Suggestions and ideas are welcome. I was going to start the body work on the rocker panels today, but sense it's not really able to move around much, this needs to be done first.
Thanks all!
S-